Posts Tagged: clothes

  • Young ladies in their knickers

    Knickers, bloomers and drawers

    I love the British word, knickers, for ladies underpants. It has a gentle naughtiness without being vulgar. In Britain it has surpassed all its rivals: smalls, briefs, panties, bloomers and completely replaced its predecessor, drawers. In Australia we tend to talk about pants or panties (as does the US) although knickers is gaining some ground. […]

  • There are so many Indian words in our English vocabulary

    Doolally about Indian words

    Doolally is my favourite of all the wonderful Indian words given to the English language. Doolally is common British slang for insane, silly or eccentric. It comes from the days of the Raj when the British Army had a post at Deolali, near Bombay. It was the main staging post for British troops on their way […]