Closets and Wardrobes

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
>
> Carol earlier:
> > > 
> > > Since the British put their cups in dressers and their dresses in
> cupboards, maybe the expression should be "coming out of the  cupboard"?
> > > 
> > > Carol, who puts her cups in the cupboard and her dresses (what few
> she owns) in the closet, with the dresser reserved for underwear,
> socks, and nightgowns)
> > 
> Potioncat responded:
> > And do you keep trousers in a chest of drawers?
> >
> Carol again:
> LOL. That was very drawl, erm, droll. I think the question should be
> whether I keep my underwear ("drawers" to the Brits on the list) in a
> chest of drawers. 

Geoff:
Which was the point of my unacknowledged joke in message 36241. <sigh>


Carol:
> BTW, I don't think I've ever said "trousers" in my life. I say "pants"
> (which I realize means underwear in British usage) or, if I want to be
> more specific, "slacks" or "jeans."

Geoff:
Which I found leads to a lot of confusion when I'm reading material 
from the US when the writers use "pants" for trousers and underwear 
interchangeably.

The trouble is that slacks and jeans don't necessarily fit the bill. They 
don't cover formal trousers for example. I never wear jeans but I wear 
chinos quite a lot particularly in the winter; I am just beginning to go 
into short-wearing mode at the moment - but more formal trousers
emerge on a Sunday.

<exits stage left muttering lift/elevator, bonnet/hood, sweater/jumper, 
dustbin/trash can trainers/sneakers until voice fades in the distance>