Talk:Lederhosen

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It is interesting when it is discarded

In Europe Lederhosen are usually associated with the kind of humorous soft-porn films that come out of Bavaria, with twin-ponytail blonde high-school girls and men in knee trousers. These movies are such a crap that they are actually funny. 82.131.210.162 08:26, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What a nonsense. You're mixing things. You're probably refering to "school girl and teacher" porn movies that were inspired by the Schulmädchen-Report. I am not aware that this crap is exclusively coming from Bavaria, neither am I aware that lederhosen are a fundamental part of such movies. Furthermore lederhosen are not commonly associated with sexuality. I myself had a typical lederhose when I was a little boy (that kind of lederhose small boys are wearing in Heimatfilms). Believe me if you ask random Germans about "lederhosen", they will think about: Bavaria, Alps, Oktoberfest and Heimatfilm but nothing else and I am pretty sure that people from outside of Germany will connect it with Bavaria and Oktoberfest. Arnomane 18:51, 28 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I am from the USA and my last name is Lederhos. My ancestors probably had something to do with the original creation of the Lederhosen. I think of Lederhosen as what they are. Not associated with anything sexual. Unless I am wearing them. Then they are very sexy. :-) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.222.28.93 (talk) 05:07, 17 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Is it a coincidence that note 1 is provided by "A Bender?" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.169.186.10 (talk) 15:46, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Pronunciation

The article gives the pronunciation as /ˈleɪdɚhoʊzən/. Now I am not a native speaker of either English or German, but I think that after having studied German for two years and having made about ten visits to both Germany and Austria, I know a little about how German is pronounced. Therefore I think that the "ɪ" sound doesn't belong there. JIP | Talk 19:35, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Agree, please feel free to correct it accordingly. JGHowes ^talk 19:51, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

According to the English Wiktionary article, the original German pronunciation and the English pronunciation differ. The German pronunciation does not have the "ɪ" sound, but the English pronunciation does. I just never learned the English pronunciation, because I learned German as a native speaker of Finnish, not English. I have edited the article to mention both pronunciations. JIP | Talk 20:00, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Boy's lederhosen

That photo, with its absence of head and strangely bulging crotch, is kind of creepy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.93.226.146 (talk) 00:33, 14 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Umm...

People who died from having too short lederhosen? wtf? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.164.151.195 (talk) 00:32, 5 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My (late, American) Father reports when he last wore his lederhosen (in central Germany about 1966), he was accosted by a German who angrily informed him that "Das ist ein Idiotisch kostum!" At present I am teaching German in Australia and I have the self-same lederhosen in my possession. I'm debating whether to wear it tomorrow (the last day of term, and my last day at the school). But...probably not!

Leisure or work wear?

The intro says that Lederhosen was/is leisure-wear, but the beginning of the main text classifies the clothing as work-wear.