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M_V in reply to @gbj_tester

Because the two socks are not connected right?

So trousers and tights I get, two legs, connected at the top. But, pants? There's only one pant. There's no legs to have two of, everything is one.

If pants are a pair, why is a bra not? It's got more multiples of parts than pants.

Is it only legs that can have pairs? If not then why are tshirts, jumpers, shirts, jackets etc not pairs? There's (usually) two sleeves.

Gloves are pairs but they're like socks and aren't connected. Are oven gloves singular or a pair?

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itsbruce in reply to @M_V

So trousers and tights I get, two legs, connected at the top.

For trousers and stockings, the reason for "pair" is that there was a time when they were genuinely two separate parts. Doesn't explain pants, though.

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gbj_tester in reply to @itsbruce

there was a time when they were genuinely two separate parts.

Stockings remain separable, not sure which trousers routinely came in two parts other than assless chaps

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