Re: "a Pair of Panties" ?????

Le 01/07/2024 à 04:44, HenHanna a écrit :

 A pair of pants,    or    A pair of trousers
                   ... ok because each Pair kinda looks like  [2 pipes].
     ...but...
              "a Pair of Panties" ?????

There appears to be a class of things that exist only in the plural - a pair of tweezers, scissors, pliers, sunglasses... trousers, underpants, knickers, tights... - things that bifurcate or are made up of two bits. I suppose the briefer garments inherited the plural from longer ones (though a few minutes' searching yields no support for this; briefs were apparently in use in Ancient Egypt).
I observe that the kilt is singular - two legs, but only one hole.

"Keep your pantyhose on." -------   [The Abyss]   quote
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              Actors.     Virgil 'bud' Brigman     by Ed Harris ·
00:12. Starting our descent along the umbilical.

But not pantieshoses.