Ladies, Do You Like to Wear Dresses or Pants?

Ameriscot said:
Very curious. Someone said on here that they say pop for soda in England - can't recall if it was you?
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I know they say Pop in some parts of the North of England Annie but I've never heard it said here in the south ...and my mother also called trousers ''slacks'..but only if they were for women, trousers for men
 
I grew up saying pop which is only said in certain states. When I moved to TN everybody was saying coke, no matter kind of pop it was. I say soda now but people here also say fizzy drink.
 
It's a mix in the States... Soda on the East and West coasts... Pop in the middle. I grew up calling it Pop.. My Grandfather was born in NYC and called it Soda.. To me "soda" is something mixed up at a "soda fountain"... Ice cream and fizzy water.. I loved chocolate sodas.


Now as for the things women wear...

Pants as in pantsuits or slacks.. ... Trousers are for men.
 
Re: the different names for soda pop......my uncle, who was raised in rural North Carolina, told me once that they used to call it a "dope", as in "Ya wanna go down to the store and get a dope?" Probably not a good idea these days, though?

In Louisville, everything is a Coke. You go into a restaurant and the waitress asks you what you'd like to drink. "A Coke, please". "What kind of Coke?" "Dr. Pepper."

I grew up in Indiana calling them "soft drinks".
 
I own way more dresses, just easier more comfortable, but, when I lived in NY/NJ mossty cold weekend when not working I wore slacks/jeans. Way back when was in my early 20's, some coworkers asked me if I was a Jehovah's Witness or of some other strict religious faith because they'd never seen me wearing pants. Whatever. I like wearing either probably these days would wear more slacks if I were living back up north, well Mayberry at least 8 months out of the year.
 
Only pants for me now -- - yoga pants, sweats, jeans, shorts, capris - worn with colorful t-shirts - and a couple of short summer skirts for dress up.

We call them pop, or by specific name - coke, pepsi, club soda, etc. and they come under the heading of soft drinks on menus.
 
Warrigal said:
I'm never comfortable being dressed up in a skirt and having bare legs. I feel I have to wear pantihose and I find them uncomfortable so most of the time I choose to wear slacks and trouser socks - I also have a thing about not putting my bare feet into closed shoes.

On the other hand I love wearing a kaftan with sandals - bare legs are covered up, the breeze under the kaftan keeps me cool and the sandals suit the summer weather.

For formal occasions I like a long skirt with knee highs underneath.


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Dame W, I don't like putting bare feet in closed shoes, either. Feels yucky. I thought maybe I was the only one, as you now see women all dressed up with stiletto pumps and no hose (I'm old enough to still think that's kind of tacky, BTW, but maybe it's because I have varicose veins).

Very nice photo!
 
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Well, well, well, Johnitta, never took you for a cross-dresser, but you should really do something about the facial hair and man-hands.
 
On another board, I was reading a post by a mother who was moaning that she couldn't get her son to wear long pants to school, only shorts and she was afraid he was going to FREEEEEZE to death. Well, duh, nobody worried about us little girls back in the 50's and 60's who had to wear dresses/skirts to school in the dead of winter. I can't remember anybody being overly concerned about US freezing to death, do you? Even wearing knee socks or tights, it was COLD with the wind blowing up those skirts.
 
jujube said:
On another board, I was reading a post by a mother who was moaning that she couldn't get her son to wear long pants to school, only shorts and she was afraid he was going to FREEEEEZE to death. Well, duh, nobody worried about us little girls back in the 50's and 60's who had to wear dresses/skirts to school in the dead of winter. I can't remember anybody being overly concerned about US freezing to death, do you? Even wearing knee socks or tights, it was COLD with the wind blowing up those skirts.
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My mother used to make we wear tights under my school uniform, which was a skirt.
 
I went to school in Vancouver, B.C., usually had mild rain forest weather, but we still got pretty chilly in the dead of winter. Girls weren't allowed to wear pants to school in those days there either.
 
Most of the time I wear pants and like others have said I will wear a dress on special occasions. I prefer the comfort of pants or shorts always in the summer.
 
I wear pants mostly but find skirts and dresses cooler in summer and usually wear them with heels if I go out somewhere special
 

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