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Research Economist at the Bank of England

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Posted on 29 August 2008

America versus Britain

From the pub last night:

“Swishy pants” to an American means “tracksuit bottoms” and to a Briton (a home-county Englishman, to be particular) it means “fancy underwear.”

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