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The history of pants (or trousers)

Back in the 6th C BC, among the Persians and Scythians of Asia, both men and women wore trousers, for warmth and comfort, so there’s nothing new about women wearing trousers.

The word trousers comes from the Irish triús and the Scottish triubhas which also gave rise to trews, close-fitting tartan trousers. Ironically, the Scots and Irish wore kilts themselves.

The ancient Greeks wore flowing robes and considered trousers to be ridiculous. The ancient Romans despised trouser-wearers as barbarians.
However, by the 4th century in Britain, only women were wearing trousers. Men considered them unmanly and wore tunics, obviously influenced by [more…]

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Top 10 Misspelled Words

Spelling, put simply, is the art of correctly assembling words from their letters. And just like the passion for correct ~~pronounciation~~, sorry, pronunciation, there are ardent supporters of a Zero Tolerance approach when it [more…]