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No ... it's not. Because in England "pants" are underwear. "Wetting her knickers" and "wetting his pants" are both references to the wetting of the underwear, with no mention made of the near-inevitab

Definitely prefer 'knickers'.  It's both sexier and more giggle-inducing (which actually aren't mutually exclusive for me).  'Panties' just sounds a bit weird to me...I dunno why.

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Would that include 'panties', as derived from 'pants' ? :wink:

http://www.localhistories.org/underwear.html

Yes. Especially that one. I just don't like it, sounds stupid to me. Knickers just sounds weird to me because it doesn't even sound like it should refer to underwear, but like a sports team or a tool.

 

I like underwear because it sounds more serious and I usually prefer seriousness in omorashi.

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This is an odd topic, the UK use 'knickers' and the US use 'panties', and while nobody in America uses the term 'knickers' the same goes for in the UK nobody uses the term 'panties'.

 

What I find interesting though is that people from the UK have accepted the term 'panties', whereas the US dislike the term 'knickers' so why is it that the US aren't as adaptable on the matter? The terms for this fetish do seem to be pretty set in stone though more acceptable as the term panty wetting/piss/messing/poop though, but people just have to brush up on their UK terminology I guess if they're going to fully enjoy some fiction from UK writers. I for one find it kind of rude and ignorant when one side argues, points authority and even laughs at the other on the cultural terms of their writings, I mean everybody knows that in the UK 'fanny' means 'vagina'.

 

 

This is an odd topic, the UK use 'knickers' and the US use 'panties', and while nobody in America uses the term 'knickers' the same goes for in the UK nobody uses the term 'panties'.

 

What I find interesting though is that people from the UK have accepted the term 'panties', whereas the US dislike the term 'knickers' so why is it that the US aren't as adaptable on the matter? The terms for this fetish do seem to be pretty set in stone though more acceptable as the term panty wetting/piss/messing/poop though, but people just have to brush up on their UK terminology I guess if they're going to fully enjoy some fiction from UK writers. I for one find it kind of rude and ignorant when one side argues, points authority and even laughs at the other on the cultural terms of their writings, I mean everybody knows that in the UK 'fanny' means 'vagina'.

I think the UK get a lot more content from the US, whether it be TV, Music, or porn whether it be written or video etc and adopt terminology into our general usage.  The US are getting more UK content in the last decade or so but they only become aware of hour lingo, so they know a trousers means pants or a lift means elevator etc ... they don't start to use those terms where as we do, to some degree.

Also, "pants" in the UK is generally male underwear so it's easier to accept "panties" as a term for female underwear

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Knickers all the way - I don't like the word panties at all. Even more annoying is when UK wetting sites have the models use panties and it sounds so wrong with the british accents. The only time I use undies is when someone doesn't understand what knickers are.

 

Underwear to me is for a guy only, it sounds weird when a girl uses it.

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As a brit i have always called them knickers and i prefer that term, however i do use the word panties sometimes, it depends on who im talking to, when im talking to my friends from the states i usually say panties as that is the word the use. In literature i do prefer knickers though, to me it just sounds more girly and when a girl says im going to wet my knickers to me it sounds much more sexy and innocent than saying im going to wet my panties.

 

However as mentioned Undies is another term used but i always associate that with men so if a girl uses it it does nothing for me but when a guy uses that term it turns me on.

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Edit: I googled the term panties and went to the wikipedia page for it. Terminology wise, the UK, Ireland and New Zealand say "knickers", the USA and Canada say "panties" and ONLY Australia says "undies".

(: just thought that was interesting.

 

Well how about that?

I prefer panties by far - its cuter and sexier, and to me a bit more feminine.

 

Lol I guess that makes me american. :smile:

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Brit here.

Girls/women wear knickers. Boys/men wear undies. Though I've head one or two (women) refer to men's underwear as 'knickers' (which creates a whole new level of sexiness, if that floats your boat).

Most times I come across the word 'panties' or 'pantyhose' it's likely to be in a sexual context (eg porn), so these terms have become sexualised. Maybe non-UK people might experience a similar phenomena.

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Brit here.

Girls/women wear knickers. Boys/men wear undies. Though I've head one or two (women) refer to men's underwear as 'knickers' (which creates a whole new level of sexiness, if that floats your boat).

 

So men never wear 'knickers"? Also, is undies actually used for men's underwear in common language? In America it's slang, and only really used towards women (in my experience, might be different for other people)

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