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Originally Posted by NearThere  Is it the 2 legs? Then why is it just "shirt" in singular form, if you apply the same rule, I swear there are 2 arms to a shirt.
I need some insight. Not that my life is in desparet need of clarity, but plurals like this buggs me to no end. Why don't we say, "I need my pant!..." cause seriously I only wear one at a time. If it's cold, then I'd choose a thicker kind of pant, I certainly don't wear 2, that would be uncomfortable.
Thanks
NT |
Sorry about that. You just have to accept that some words are odd.
"pants" is short for "pantaloons" which comes from the Italian name Pantalone, used for a comic old man in Italian pantomime who wears baggy breeches.
"Breeches" is another of these words for garments worn on the nether regions by men.
If you stop looking at them as plurals, and regard them purely as words spelled in this way, your life will be a great deal easier.
