Knickers or pants

Does it matter?

Knickers!

Knickers. But ‘bra and pants’ sounds better to me than ‘bra and knickers.’

Tights are pantyhose in the US.

Knicks or pants! I’ve always been a crazy mixed up kid!

Knickers definitely, men wear underpants, at least we no longer refer to them as "unmentionables"

Knickers for me

In Oz it is knickers or undies for girls and jocks for boys. Hence the joke about the olden days when boys often got the basic "jocks and socks" for Xmas.

I say underwear

I wear knickers... Men wear pants...

Pants for me. Knickers seems more for little girls, and the word 'panties' makes me cringe. Strangely though, here in NE Scotland we do tend to add ie or ies to some words eg shoppie, postie, sheddie and of course, loonies and quinies (boys and girls).

Thanks Fennel for the pants pattern link, I'm going to retrieve sewing machine from DD and have a go. I don't mind what they're called, I'd just like them to stop riding up! In NZ you can buy a brand called 'thunderpants' which are brightly patterned and extremely comfortable but they're $28 a pair! They seem to stretch with age though and become even more collossal.

Definitely pants. Men in my house wear boxers or shorts. Knickers sounds horribly old fashioned and my mum used to say it was common. Haha.

I always wear knickers, in case I get run over !

Brookies!!

Sorry- spelling, should be broekies!!!

Thong.

Sorry, that was a joke but I do have some lovely thongs at the back of the drawer. Last knickers I wore were for gym.
I wear bra (very occasionally) and pants (when wearing trousers) but prefer going commando with skirts and dresses. (Underskirts washed daily).
<This post comes under the heading TMI>

Navy blue knickers , worn for PE . I say pants or draws .

Regardless of what you call them, do you iron them? I get told off by my daughters for putting my knickers on the ironing pile!

I definitely do NOT iron my knickers - nor anything else much to be honest!

An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman arrived at the pearly gates. St. Peter said “As it is the Christmas season you must each show me something associated with the time of year.” The Englishman fished a lighter out of his pocket, lit it and said “This is a candle!” He was allowed to enter. The Irishman fished in his pocket and found his keys. “These are bells!” He entered the pearly gates.
The Scotsman hesitated for many moments, unsure what to do. Then fumbled in his pocket and pulled out a pair of knickers (or pants) and said.........”These are Carols!”

Ha Ha aquagran - that's a funny joke. Thank you!

farmgran I hope your sewing turns out well. I used to follow Gertie's blog, she has done several online sewing lessons. I found some of them excellent when I was doing more home dressmaking.

The American term “underwear” for pants is spreading and always annoys me . Underwear includes pants, bras, petticoats, camisoles, corsets and everything else worn under your other clothes.
I don’t care what anyone calls their drawers as long as it’s an English word.