Underwear Sociolinguistics

Posted on March 28, 2005 at 2:30 AM in 'Random Crap I Found On The Internet' with tags 'linguistics, underwear, homosexuality'

This is not really what I'd expect to find at a linguistics-oriented blog, but Language Log has an interesting series of posts analyzing the term 'tighty-whiteys', discussing first the phonology and then the semantics of the term, before moving on to consider the sociology behind the relative perceptions of boxers vs. briefs, first considering everyday society and eventually proceeding into gay porn. Mmm, edifying.

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