2006-06-22 17:19:58 · 12 answers · asked by blondie 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
And is CONgress the antithesis of PROgress? Who knows? Oh the HUMANITY!!
That is an interesting question, considering that a bra does have TWO cups . . .
2006-06-22 17:27:05 · answer #1 · answered by Andrea 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You used panties in the plural. The singular is panty. Bra and panty. Make sense now?
2006-06-23 00:52:35 · answer #2 · answered by The Good Humor Man 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bra is an abbreviation of brassire (which is French so I might have misspelled it).
I am guessing "panties" is plural because they go under pants(plural). Also, panties is a diminutive (small in name)form of pants.
To make it more confusing, panties is not really plural at all, but is a collective noun (like group or family: The family went to the store. John went to the store).
2006-06-23 00:26:54 · answer #3 · answered by queenbee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think panties might come from pantaloons or pantalettes which were worn under long dresses and went from waist to lower legs. With full skirts, it would have taken women too long to pull up the skirt and pull down the pantaloons, so they were two separate legs that tied at the waist and left a gap so they could do their business squatting down with their skirts billowed out around them for privacy, without messing their pants.
2006-06-23 00:32:20 · answer #4 · answered by Casperia 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because of the S after it, to make it singular you have to write it as pantie
2006-06-23 00:22:37 · answer #5 · answered by ☼♫☆☺♡♥☺☆♫☼ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Panties are not plural. Panties and Deer are the same you can ware your panties does not mean you are waring more than one.
2006-06-23 00:25:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
that's a really good question!!!
my only conjecture is that it's because of the phrase a "pair" of panties/underwear, since a pair implies two. however, that sure makes you wonder why someone would come up with that phrase in the first place.
*shrug*
2006-06-23 00:24:32 · answer #7 · answered by moi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe because it's usually easier to get a woman to take off her bra than it is to get her to take off her panties.....?
2006-06-23 05:04:40 · answer #8 · answered by missinglincoln 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably because panties come in 'pairs' just like a pair of glasses, a pair of pliers, and a pair of tweezers.
Sorry I couldn't answer your question.
2006-06-23 00:28:33 · answer #9 · answered by Patty Pooh Pooh Pie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ever wonder what the speed of lightning would be if it didn’t zigzag?
2006-06-23 00:25:07 · answer #10 · answered by zach 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋