You don't just bush one tooth, you brush them all right? So why not call it a teeth brush?
2007-10-29 12:23:52 · 16 answers · asked by momma 2 Sydney 9-8-09 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Actually, the "toothbrush" was originally an invention used on horses, not humans! And since horses have MUCH larger teeth, at that time it made perfect sense to call it a "toothbrush" rather than a "teethbrush".
In the mid 1800's, a man called Ira Cavitus Colgate adapted the "toothbrush" for human use by making it MUCH smaller. Mr.Colgate had formerly made his fortune by developing a special paste to clean horse's teeth ( http://www.strangehistory.org/toothpaste.html ), convincing owners it made them run faster...
And the rest, as they say, is history!
2007-10-29 12:34:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because Tooth Brush sounds better
2007-10-29 12:27:09 · answer #2 · answered by xzorion54 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Back in 1803 when the tooth brush was invented, the "tooth" brush could only brush one tooth at a time. Besides the info before, it just plain and simple sounds better. And the people in the 1800's were DUMB!
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2007-10-29 12:29:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
because a tooth brush sounds better than a teeth brush.
2007-10-29 12:27:19 · answer #4 · answered by xclusive_4xxx_u 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because you can brush each tooth individually.
But I don't think anyone on Yahoo! Answers made the toothbrush so I don't think any of us would know exactly why.
2007-10-29 12:27:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ha ha....I have never thought of that before, but maybe who ever invented the 'tooth brush' came from another country so English wasn't their 1st language. Apart from that I don't have any other ideas..lolz. =)
2007-10-29 12:29:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
using that logic, shouldn't they call it a HAIRS BRUSH?
2007-10-29 12:27:02 · answer #7 · answered by Don't Panic! 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
cause you BRUSH ur TOOTH with it. hope this helps!!! LOL!!!
2007-10-29 12:29:21 · answer #8 · answered by 無敵のSoldier 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I DON'T call it a tooth "BUSH!" ha-ha! (... I know it's just a typo...) =)
2007-10-29 12:26:58 · answer #9 · answered by Georgia Rose 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
ok you have way too much time on your hands to be thinking of stuff like this...lol
2007-10-29 12:27:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋