I just had a thought.
Why are they called a pair of knickers, when there's only one?
Can anyone answer this?
Why are they called a pair of knickers, when there's only one?
Can anyone answer this?
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Because it's from the day that they were knickerbocker trousers.
...and it was a pair of trousers.
(next question - why a "pair" of trousers?)…Maybe we ain’t that young anymore -
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So you were in the traps, dropped your wifes knickers and wondered why they're called a pair
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Because your wife is as fat as you are and hence she needs two instead of one?Originally posted by MarillionFan View PostComment
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Hmmm.... interesting.Originally posted by WTFH View Post
And it's also worth noting here that the French word for trousers is singular, le pantelon, and one would assume by extension that this would be so across the Romance languages.
Not So!
In Italian, the word takes the plural - i pantaloni
and to really confuse matters the Spanish have a plural with a singular definite article: el pantalones.
Anyhow, to me it's always a pair of cacks!Comment
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Which is very similar to the German slang word for tulip, kack, but can also mean pants: as in rubbishOriginally posted by Martin Scroatman View Post“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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According to the Straight Dope a "pair" used to mean "a set of more than two like or equal things making a whole". So two trouser legs make a pair of trousers. Two lenses a pair of glasses. But I think mainly it's because English isn't entirely logical and consistent.Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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