18 Jun 05 - 09:07 AM (#1503613) Subject: happy? - June 18 From: Abby Sale On the eighteenth in the morning [ie, 6/18/1815] Copyright © 2005, Abby Sale - all rights reserved What are Happy's all about? See Clicky |
18 Jun 05 - 11:53 AM (#1503638) Subject: RE: happy? - June 18 From: Le Scaramouche "There was a brave old Scotchman at the Battle of Waterloo The wind blew up his petticoat And he didn't know what to do" As sung by Pike in Dad's Army. |
18 Jun 05 - 09:22 PM (#1503985) Subject: RE: happy? - June 18 From: Azizi Men wore petticoats? Hmmm-how word usages change! |
18 Jun 05 - 09:38 PM (#1503992) Subject: RE: happy? - June 18 From: Azizi petticoat Petticoat "A petticoat is an article of clothing for women; specifically an undergarment to be worn under a skirt or dress. The petticoat is a separate garment hanging from the waist . The practice of wearing petticoats was well established by 1585. Its uses differ from place to place. In India, petticoats are worn underneath a long drapable saree." For more fashion descriptions, click Fashion Glossary -snip- But http://www.allwords.com/word-petticoat.html provides this information: Petticoat noun 1. A woman's underskirt. 2. historical Skirts in general, or those worn by boys in early childhood in particular. Form: petticoats 3. Said eg of organizations, tactics, etc: relating to or lead by women; feminine or female. Example: petticoat government Etymology: 15c: from petty adj 1 + coat. |
19 Jun 05 - 04:26 AM (#1504131) Subject: RE: happy? - June 18 From: Le Scaramouche Men didn't wear petticoats, Highland regiments wore kilts, thus the joke. |
19 Jun 05 - 01:08 PM (#1504369) Subject: RE: happy? - June 18 From: Abby Sale Well, sure it's a joke but also (just barely) a possible correct usage. That Skirts in general part tells you. From Oxford: ORIGIN from obsolete 'petty coat,' small coat. But so many words do change, go sideways, reverse: sophisticated - once a severe derrogatory of silly/false reasoning bad rout (as in Of the Blues) must be many hundreds of examples |
19 Jun 05 - 01:15 PM (#1504373) Subject: RE: happy? - June 18 From: Le Scaramouche Sophisticated would have been someone into sophistries. Villain, knave, cute, terrible, awful, gay, as you said, hundreds. Allen |