The time-travelling bookworm: ‘The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants’ by Ann Brashares

‘Pants’ are what we Brits call underwear for one’s bottom half. The concept of this book, in which 4 teenage girls share a pair of magic jeans, sounds rather sordid unless one remembers that ‘pants’ are what Americans call trousers.

Now I’ve got that out of the way, I recall liking this book when I borrowed it from the library in 2003. It’s quite sweet and heartwarming, if you suspend your disbelief that one pair of jeans could fit four different body shapes and sizes. I’m not at all inclined to re-read it or to watch the film.

Catch up with my recent time-travels here: 2061: Odyssey Three, The Parasites, Junk, Wuthering Heights.


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8 responses to “The time-travelling bookworm: ‘The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants’ by Ann Brashares”

  1. (Kitty) Cat Strawberry - Meow! avatar

    Lol, magical pants? Sounds interesting, but even more interesting as the British version 😅

    1. nsford avatar
      nsford

      Yeah… another word that is ruder in the UK than in the US is ‘fanny’. No idea why we have different meanings but it’s always amusing.

      1. (Kitty) Cat Strawberry - Meow! avatar

        Lol, I remember the first time I heard ‘fanny packs’ on The Simpsons (or somewhere else) and my child mind was very confused, lol!

  2. Jee Wan avatar

    Hahahaha what a cute title and cover! 😀

    1. nsford avatar
      nsford

      It’s quite sweet 🙂

  3. Rebecca Moon Ruark avatar

    OK, I’m am laughing with your take on “pants.” Even worse, we Americans (well, not al of us!) wear fanny packs!

    1. nsford avatar
      nsford

      LOL. Brits call fanny packs ‘bum bags’. Either way, an inelegant name for what is basically a purse worn on a belt.

      1. Rebecca Moon Ruark avatar

        Haha, yes!

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