Why are things that you wear on the bottom half of you plural? Pants, pantaloons, panties, bloomers, boxers, briefs, culottes, tights, jeans, shorts, slacks. For socks and sock-like things it makes sense because there are two individual objects, but a pair of pants? Is each pant leg a “pant?” Why don’t I call each sleeve of my shirt a “shirt” and the whole thing a “pair of shirts?”
Why is a loincloth, on the other hand, singular?
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Had the chance to see it the other night. And– and– the nameless grad student works on The Machine! I work on The Machine, too! It’s so true!
Okay, I know it’s a bit early for this. But you’ve just got to love those sound effects.
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BWOM! BWOM! BWOM!
Today, at 9:00 a.m., protesters are going to gather in downtown Minneapolis in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street Movement.
And I just wanted to say that I agree with a lot of what you have to say, in terms of frustration with inequality in our society and uncertainty about the future. I hope it stays nonviolent, and civil, and that the protest goes well.
Someday, I am going to have a pair of goldfish, a gold one and a silver one. Then I’m going to name them Laurelin and Telperion.
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