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hodeez
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Mon, Feb 24 2020, 4:10 pm
My daughters, under 5, go to a chassidish school. I want to know why the Morahs use the word "panties" instead of "underwear"? Seems so inappropriate to me.
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Ginger
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Mon, Feb 24 2020, 4:12 pm
Why? Isn't it the same thing?
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Goldenrod
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Mon, Feb 24 2020, 4:14 pm
Op I agree with you I am sixty years old by the way
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hodeez
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Mon, Feb 24 2020, 4:16 pm
Just seems crude to me. Side note I also find it weird that they don't say "diapers", they say "pampers", even when they use my Parents choice diapers
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shabbatiscoming
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Mon, Feb 24 2020, 4:17 pm
hodeez wrote: | My daughters, under 5, go to a chassidish school. I want to know why the Morahs use the word "panties" instead of "underwear"? Seems so inappropriate to me. | OP, panties and underwear literally mean the same thing. There is nothing 2exy about the word panties. Really.
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Coffee
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Mon, Feb 24 2020, 4:18 pm
hodeez wrote: | Just seems crude to me. Side note I also find it weird that they don't say "diapers", they say "pampers", even when they use my Parents choice diapers |
Well, the Brits call it "hoovering" even when they're using a vacuum manufactured by someone else, and many call tissues "kleenex" (even if they're Marcal or Great Value).
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SixOfWands
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Mon, Feb 24 2020, 4:18 pm
hodeez wrote: | My daughters, under 5, go to a chassidish school. I want to know why the Morahs use the word "panties" instead of "underwear"? Seems so inappropriate to me. |
"Underwear" includes any undergarment -- panties, undershirt, bra, camisole, etc.
"Panties" or "underpants" cover the personal area under your waist.
Why is it inappropriate? And why are they even using the term?
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SixOfWands
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Mon, Feb 24 2020, 4:19 pm
hodeez wrote: | Just seems crude to me. Side note I also find it weird that they don't say "diapers", they say "pampers", even when they use my Parents choice diapers |
OK, that one drives me nuts, but I'll accept that its a personal foible.
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Fuchsia
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Mon, Feb 24 2020, 4:20 pm
I’m also a little embarrassed about the word panties so I call it underwear...
yes, I’ve always wondered why some people call diapers “pampers “!!!??
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amother
Coffee
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Mon, Feb 24 2020, 4:21 pm
For some reason, I do find the word "panties" more explicit/crude than "underwear," but it's not a hill I want to die on.
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shabbatiscoming
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Mon, Feb 24 2020, 4:23 pm
SixOfWands wrote: | "Underwear" includes any undergarment -- panties, undershirt, bra, camisole, etc.
"Panties" or "underpants" cover the personal area under your waist.
Why is it inappropriate? And why are they even using the term? | What could possibly be wrong with a teacher having to use the word underpants/panties/pantaloons ?
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hodeez
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Mon, Feb 24 2020, 4:23 pm
amother [ Coffee ] wrote: | For some reason, I do find the word "panties" more explicit/crude than "underwear," but it's not a hill I want to die on. |
I would never say anything to the Morahs bc I doubt they would be saying it if they felt it was crude. I just find it so odd when my daughter tells me "Look I didn't make in my panty" . Like, she didn't hear that word from me!
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amother
Smokey
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Mon, Feb 24 2020, 4:23 pm
The pampers thing is clearly using the brand name as a catchall for the thing, which is fairly common. Think Q-tips or bandaids or kleenex. Although, admittedly, I've only heard the pampers-as-stand-in-for-diapers thing amongst chassidish, haven't heard it done anyone else.
As for panties vs underwear, they're interchangeable, don't get your panties in a twist over it, as they say
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amother
Periwinkle
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Mon, Feb 24 2020, 4:24 pm
I think it's a yiddishism. I have heard many chassidish women call boys underwear panties also.
For those wondering why this has come up so often, I work at a day care center.
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shabbatiscoming
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Mon, Feb 24 2020, 4:25 pm
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Ginger
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Mon, Feb 24 2020, 4:39 pm
Op, much of language is how you grew up. The morah probably grew up hearing the word panty and doest mean anything by it. I agree that it's more in chassidish
circles.
Other examples: silver paper for aluminum foil.
Towel paper for paper towel
Bekele for aluminum pan
Go-yta for housekeeper or cleaning lady
(Nothing offensive. Just a cultural thing)
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amother
Forestgreen
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Mon, Feb 24 2020, 4:46 pm
Do we work in the same place!? I recently started working in a chassidish daycare and felt so awkward calling them panties...think Victoria's secret advertising underwear vs panties... By now I've gotten used to it because it's the word the kids understand. I think it's weird try use it for boys too.
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Goldenrod
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Mon, Feb 24 2020, 4:50 pm
My grandma would have called it bloomers
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SixOfWands
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Mon, Feb 24 2020, 4:55 pm
shabbatiscoming wrote: | What could possibly be wrong with a teacher having to use the word underpants/panties/pantaloons ? |
Nothing wrong with it. But why would teachers need to say it on a regular basis? Unless the kids are toilet training.
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thunderstorm
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Mon, Feb 24 2020, 4:55 pm
amother [ Periwinkle ] wrote: | I think it's a yiddishism. I have heard many chassidish women call boys underwear panties also.
For those wondering why this has come up so often, I work at a day care center. |
Yeh. I never understood why they calle boys underpants “panties”. I grew up knowing that girls underpants were panties and boys were called underpants . So I found it strange when my toddlers who went to chasidish playgroup referred to their underpants as panties.
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