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Thread #79264   Message #1434539
Posted By: Bee-dubya-ell
14-Mar-05 - 02:18 PM
Thread Name: BS: What do you call those blue trousers?
Subject: RE: BS: What do you call those blue trousers?
I calls 'em jeans. "Dungarees" has a somewhat pejorative connotation. It's what your grandmother, who has never owned a pair and is oblivious to the fact that everbody wears the things, calls them. Her meaning is quite explicit: Dungarees are what the field hands wear. You are supposed to dress properly!