Stupid goof!


Another incorrect goof!

At the beginning of the film, Ayyash asks his friends why he'd be walking around with no pants on. In the UK, "pants" refers to what Americans call "underwear." While many Americanisms and word meanings have traveled to the UK, "pants" has not yet changed meaning to refer to trousers.


He asks that because his friend says, 'it could be worse - you could be naked!'. A reasonable answer if you ask me.

If that wasn't enough, Ayyash is an immigrant from Darfur who speaks pretty good English. Who's to say he didn't learn the Americanism in his own country?

Who writes these things?

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pants works either way in the uk

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