Can't we get some consistency?
2006-09-16 15:59:29 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Beauty & Style ➔ Fashion & Accessories
People like being difficult
2006-09-16 16:01:05 · answer #1 · answered by Sydney 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You've had a full dissertation on bras, so I'll just touch on the pants angle. If memory serves, it has to do with the fact that originally, pants were not sewn together. They were separate leggings. After the appropriate amount of time, someone put it all together, but retained the plural.
2006-09-16 23:22:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
just bacause the full name is brazzier doesn't mean it's more than 1 or plural.. if you say pant's then it's automatically 2 or more.. then if you say pant it's 1 pair and the same with bra or brazzier's.... brazzier meaning 1 then brazzier's meaning more than 1.
2006-09-16 23:18:08 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You would think we could get some consistency. But the English language makes no sense.
2006-09-16 23:07:33 · answer #4 · answered by writing is my gift 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pants is plural...pant is singular...people usually say pants cos its a way of talkin but its wrong!
2006-09-16 23:53:39 · answer #5 · answered by Jessica 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its like glasses. there might be only one pair but its plural glasses,
that the english language there is nothing u can do
child-children not childs
etc etc
2006-09-16 23:02:39 · answer #6 · answered by in ur face 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uhm, the English language is very difficult. I dont understand why we cant have one word for everything, nooooo we have to have a gazillion synonyms just to confuse people.
2006-09-16 23:19:41 · answer #7 · answered by imapo0po0head 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bra... Short for brassiere... I think it is a French word, so thats why it doesnt have an "S" on the end...
2006-09-16 23:03:57 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A pair of socks I understand, but why a pair of pants?
If a pair of pants then why not a pair of shirts?
2006-09-16 23:02:21 · answer #9 · answered by frugernity 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it's short for brassiere which is plural!
2006-09-16 23:01:21 · answer #10 · answered by deangelis88 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋