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Don't forget your pants!

Don’t forget your pants!

Your response to today’s Take Your Pants For A Walk Day, assuming it has even crossed your radar, will probably be determined by your location. Perhaps you have conjured up an image of droves of people with boxer shorts, knickers, or Y-fronts attached to leads? Or maybe instead of underwear, you are seeing chinos, slacks, [...]

Posted on: July 27 2012 | Posted by: | Comments: 4 | Categories: English in use, Varieties of English, Word origins | Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

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