Montreal Gazette
🏢 Postmedia
📍 QC
Jul 31, 2026
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The Right Chemistry: Memories of underwear in Latin class
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The Right Chemistry: Memories of underwear in Latin class
Since the Victorian era, people have tried to tie health benefits to certain kinds of underwear, with dubious evidence.
Women's underwear only became common in the 18th century. (Dan Brown / London Free Press files)
By
Joe Schwarcz, Special to the Montreal Gazette
July 31, 2026 at 11:00 a.m.
“You will understand the joke after taking this class.”
Although it was many decades ago, I remember my high school Latin teacher’s humorous attempt to justify why we should study this ancient language.
“Semper ubi sub ubi” was the p…
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