Why is it "a pair of panties" but only one bra?
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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It's another of life's imponderables. Sort of like "how is it that we park on a driveway, but we drive on a parkway?"
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your Memorial Day Weekend...
Mandy
The Straight Dope has the answer!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/502/why-do-we-say-a-pair-of-pants-when-theres-only-one-of-them
Short version: Because English is weird.
Aria -
ReplyDeleteNo more strange than French, where the article used for a woman's genitalia is masculine!
M
but who only has one bra. I own more than my wife does..
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