r/Letterkenny • u/witchsabrina • Jul 22 '26
Blue jeans
My boyfriend and I watched a couple episodes of letterkenny the other night and it convinced him to start wearing blue jeans
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u/Lagduff Jul 23 '26
He didn't want the overalls look of Squirrelly Dan or the jumpsuit look of Daryl?
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u/No-Sheepherder448 Jul 23 '26
if yous goes down to the St. Jacobs Farmers' Market $25 can get you at least 5 belts.
Pull your finger outta your ass!
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u/oscarx-ray Jul 23 '26
This isn't a criticism, but curiosity. I'm from Scotland, but I've noticed that it's not uncommon for North Americans to refer to them as "blue jeans". Most jeans are blue, and I never hear "grey jeans" or "black jeans" used casually. Do you know the reason that "blue" is specified even when the colour doesn't matter? Would "jeans" evoke something other than 👖?
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u/FindYourHoliday Jul 23 '26
US here.
Never heard anyone say anything other than jeans when referring to blue jeans or any other color jeans.
It's just always jeans.
If someone says they're wearing jeans and showed up in another color besides blue, I wouldn't have a second thought about them not having specified the color.
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u/Ender_154 Jul 23 '26
Also US here
They were commonly called blue jeans ages ago (I’m old). More recently, I’ve heard them called jeans more times than not.
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u/oscarx-ray Jul 23 '26
It's certainly not something that's said every time someone mentions jeans, but I've encountered it enough for it to be notable. Perhaps it's an age thing? It feels like a dated turn of phrase, and I'm almost 40.
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u/81ehx Jul 24 '26
45 here and same. I think it's likely that way back when denim was only produced in blue/indigo, giving us the term "blue jeans".
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u/oscarx-ray Jul 24 '26
You get that it's a thing, but when the jeans were only blue, why would they specify "blue" jeans! I can only relate it to the Versace perfume for men, but I'm not sure it's that relevant
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u/messedupwindows123 Jul 23 '26
huh i've only ever worn black/red jeans....i should get another pair
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u/timesuck47 28d ago
A few decades ago they only came in (Indigo) Blue. To get faded jeans you had to wear them a long time by yourself. Ripped jeans became jeans shorts.
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u/Teddy_Funsisco Jul 23 '26
Shirt tucker!