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Re:Student photographs people with hidden spy cam in the 189... by GoodbyeMrChips on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @05:44AM (#29889830)
> I didn't know that suspenders were called braces in England/Australia.

This has been the source of some comic misunderstandings, whereby an American bloke says they are/like wearing suspenders, and the listener then assumes they are coming out as transvestite.

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Re:Student photographs people with hidden spy cam in the 189... by OJFord on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @06:10AM (#29890002)
Monty Python's lumberjack is I suppose about as comic in 'braces and a bra' as in 'suspenders and a bra'!
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