why the teethpaste is not called the toothpaste?

Answer 1

I think you got a little confused trying to form your question.

Did you mean why is TOOTHPASTE not called TEETHPASTE?

Well,

A thing to hang hats on is a .............HATRACK - NOT hatsrack.
A place to put books is a ............BOOKCASE - NOT bookscase.
A place to keep pigs is a........................ PIGPEN - NOT pigspen.
A person who cleans windows is a
.............WINDOW CLEANER- Not a windows cleaner.
In English you usually use the singular of a noun to describe the
article.

Just to confuse you more, if you were to split these words, for example:"book case", "book" would be an adjective because it's describing the "case".

Answer 2

Well, I heard that the toothbrush was invented in Arkansas, where supposedly the majority of the residents have only one tooth to brush.

I have never heard of toothpaste, which must have also originated in Arkansas, being referred to as 'teethpaste'. So, if you live in an area where the toothpaste is referred to as teethpaste, you would probably do best to stay there, as they must have much better oral hygene, better dentists or better water.....at any rate, prettier smiles.

Answer 3

What? It is called toothpaste in the USA. I have never heard it called teethpaste.

Answer 4

Because we use it on all our teeth at once. We dont use it one tooth at a time. This confusing since its really called toothpaste and not teethpaste where I come from

Answer 5

it really depends on your locality. which is some still use non standard english.

but generally toothpaste is called toothpaste on many parts of the world.

Answer 6

Finally someone said it!

I had to adjust my Eyes-glasses
and put down my plate of Fishes-sticks
and SHrimps-cocktail
while looking for my Hairs-Brush
and Ears-muff.

I would add I was listening to the Nuts-cracker Suite, but would that be overkill? I would re-flect on it, but I had not previously flected before.

Answer 7

It is called toothepaste. It is not called teethpaste