After rough
Och Aye
met chique
D'Accord
OK was born
a little bitty guy (
un petit gars)
soon to be clad
in
Denim: a cloth
(de Nîmes)
originally woven in Provence,
badly tailored into trousers
resembling those
once worn by Genoan sailors
(de
Gènes, corrupted into
Jeans).
Denim originated in Indian fishing communities around Bombay (Mumbai) and was the fabric used for Dungarees.
Ironically and typically, the current French for 'jeans' is 'un jean'. God help the French language!
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