when you buy a pair of jeans/trousers etc do you only get 1 item
2007-01-22 02:38:24 · 9 answers · asked by Roy 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Originally a trews (or trouse) covered a single leg, and tied to a belt, so ""trousers" were literally "a pair of trews", And eventually the term came to mean a singular article of clothing.
Once a pair of trousers became the common phrase for a singular item, all subsequent names for the same type of clothing (pants, jeans, breeches etc) followed the same pattern of being described as a "pair"
2007-01-22 19:38:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cos when you talk about pairs of jeans/shoes, 'pair' is used as a collective, same as a television set, it's not a set, but a collective name for one thing.
2007-01-22 02:53:42 · answer #2 · answered by Jane H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they have two legs in them, they are known as a pair
2007-01-22 02:46:29 · answer #3 · answered by Alicat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question, there are two of me, and we are a pair so would siamese twins be a pair also?
2007-01-22 02:42:53 · answer #4 · answered by zanydumplings 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A banner I saw outside a shop in Valletta, Malta said
Buy one get one free!
It was a shoe shop.....
2007-01-22 04:46:34 · answer #5 · answered by efes_haze 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You could always try to get two legs into one leg, better still wear a skirt, or a sack!
2007-01-22 03:00:16 · answer #6 · answered by Peter R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because you have 2 feet, and if you were given just one shoe, you might be a bit miffed.
2007-01-22 02:54:26 · answer #7 · answered by andrewjames 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cos you cant get both your feet in one shoe!!
2007-01-22 02:43:02 · answer #8 · answered by Bella 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because if your feet were tied together you would have a problem.
2007-01-22 02:41:30 · answer #9 · answered by Charlene 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋