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Ok, which is it? I learned trouser. My online dictionary does not list trowser but does send me straight to trouser. Is the 'trow' spelling a 19th century form or a colloquialism?
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Re: Trouser vs Trowser
It's the same as "Gray" & "Grey". Both are used in period texts. They are interchangable in the mid-19th Century.
Interestingly "Trowser" is used throuhgout the Official US 1861 Regs.
While Kautz uses "Trouser" in his 1864 "Customs of Service".
1855 Hardee's uses "pantaloons". :tounge_sm
The Official records have both terms throughout. Use either one, there is no difference in the terms to my vast superior knowledge :lightning :lightning :lightning .Last edited by RyanBWeddle; 02-18-2004, 06:55 PM.Ryan B.Weddle
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Re: Trouser vs Trowser
You can use "pants" also as that word appears in diary accounts and literary works throughout the 1860s.[COLOR="DarkRed"] [B][SIZE=2][FONT=Book Antiqua]Christopher J. Daley[/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/COLOR]Comment
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Re: Trouser vs Trowser
Glad your vast superior knowledge helped out. :sarcasticuse either one, there is no difference in the terms to my vast superior knowledge.Last edited by HOG.EYE.MAN; 02-18-2004, 07:05 PM.[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
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