No Pants

Trousers

Well, Mike is now walking around Edinburgh without wearing pants. No, thank goodness, he is not in a kilt. This is another terminology thing. Turns out, he is wearing trousers. Here, pants means underwear. Well, he is wearing that too, just not so anyone can see. Trousers it is. Travel is so educational.

This trousers thing came up when he went into Tiso, a popular outdoor chain (not unlike REI in the US). His old pair of hill walking trousers (hiking pants) are in need of replacement. They had a huge selection just as expected; remember Scotland is a walker's paradise. He waited to do this shopping in Scotland, rather than in the US, for this very reason. We sorted through about two dozen racks of different brands and styles. Finally, after two trips back to the same store, he purchased blue trousers. Less than ten minutes after arriving back at our flat with the purchase, he was online visiting the manufacture's website ordering the same trousers in a black color; he is going to return the blue pair. Just wondering what the Scottish word might be for this situation.