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[Wag]

You wouldn't buy just one glove.

The English language is strange. Who came up with it?

 

[Musky_Cheese]

Because it’s a pair. Most can’t pull off the one glove look. They give you both for your own benefit.

A pair of pants is weird tho

 

[lock2k]

In Portuguese it is also "par de luvas".

 

[Wag]

Because it’s a pair. Most can’t pull off the one glove look. They give you both for your own benefit.

A pair of pants is weird tho

Yes, it is. Pair of underwear as well.

But would you buy one glove? It's obvious that they come in pairs.

 

[lil puff]

Gimme 2 fishes

 

[Musky_Cheese]

Yes, it is.

But would you buy one glove? It's obvious that they come in pairs.

Not if I get the other hand for free.

 

[J-Roderton]

You can buy one glove.

 

[Wag]

You can buy one glove.

Who are you, MJ/Thanos?

 

[Nymphae]

Because it’s a pair

I'm not understanding why this is even a question. How else would you refer to them? You could just not add pair I guess and say "these gloves" or whatnot, but, they are a pair, so...

 

[J-Roderton]

Behold.

Spoiler

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

You wouldn't download just one glove.

Pairs of gloves. It's the law.

 

[ThatStupidLion]

would you rather have a pair of glove?

 

[infinitys_7th]

"Pair of gloves" makes sense because they are a pair of items, each of which is a glove. "Pair of pants" actually makes sense as well, because each leg is a "pant". Each pant used to be a separate piece, like gloves. They just overlapped at the crotch and were held together by the belt.

"Pair of underwear" is actually wrong, even though it is commonly used. Underwear as we know it was never two separate pieces.

 

[Musky_Cheese]

"Pair of gloves" makes sense because they are a pair of items, each of which is a glove. "Pair of pants" actually makes sense as well, because each leg is a "pant". Each pant used to be a separate piece, like gloves. They just overlapped at the crotch and were held together by the belt.

"Pair of underwear" is actually wrong, even though it is commonly used. Underwear as we know it was never two separate pieces.

Pair of underwear makes sense because it’s a layer between your clothes and both your butthole as well as the cock or puss.

 

[tkscz]

Umm... because it's a pair? I mean, regardless of the fact that you can't buy just one glove, it's still two gloves, and two is a pair. Pants and underwear are the ones that need that question. A pair of pants and a pair of underwear for a singular pant and underwear. How even?

 

[Domisto]

 

[Yoshi]

So you are wondering why it's a pair of gloves, even though you fully well know that you usually get two, but have no issue with a pair of jeans, but only actually getting one object?

 

[Musky_Cheese]

So you are wondering why it's a pair of gloves, even though you fully well know that you usually get two, but have no issue with a pair of jeans, but only actually getting one object?

 

[infinitys_7th]

So you are wondering why it's a pair of gloves, even though you fully well know that you usually get two, but have no issue with a pair of jeans, but only actually getting one object?

You are getting two jean pant legs sewn together. It's short for "pair of Jean pants".

Pair of underwear makes sense because it’s a layer between your clothes and both your butthole as well as the cock or puss.

That covers the "underwear" part, but not the "pair".

 

[Musky_Cheese]

You are getting two jean pant legs sewn together. It's short for "pair of Jean pants".



That covers the "underwear" part, but not the "pair".

A pair of private parts...

 

[Unknown Quantity]

"she's got a lovely pair"

Is that a discriminatory statement? What about the lady with the triple bitties?

 

[infinitys_7th]

"she's got a lovely pair"

Is that a discriminatory statement? What about the lady with the triple bitties?

Tert of tits?

 

[Redneckerz]

You wouldn't buy just one glove.

The English language is strange. Who came up with it?

 

[ipukespiders]

I don't see the problem.

 

[davepoobond]

the better question is why is it a "pair of pants"

can you get one pant?

 

[Strife In a Teacup]

Yes, it is. Pair of underwear as well.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077DV5W9S/?tag=neogaf0e-20

 

[RiccochetJ]

the better question is why is it a "pair of pants"

can you get one pant?

You made me google it. Damn you.

https://www.britannica.com/story/why-do-we-say-a-pair-of-pants

 

[Bullet Club]

Pair of tits:

Spoiler

 

[ipukespiders]

the better question is why is it a "pair of pants"

can you get one pant?

If you find out, let this guy know
https://www.neogaf.com/threads/will-my-leg-be-amputated.1470940/

 

[hecatomb]

You wouldn't buy just one glove.

The English language is strange. Who came up with it?

pair
/per/
noun

1. 1.
   a set of two things used together or regarded as a unit.
   "a pair of gloves"

 

[AngularSaxophone]

It’s a pair of socks for your hands that’s why.

 

[Cunth]

A murder of gloves

 

[royox]

You wouldn't buy just one glove.

The English language is strange. Who came up with it?

English is strange....but in Spanish we say "Un par de Pantalones" (A pair of Trousers) when we talk about 1 trouser.

edit: LOL it's also a pair of pants in english too xD

 

[infinitys_7th]

A pair of private parts...

Oh, frontpiece and backpiece. I can see that now.

 

[Porcile]

Quit your complaining and learn something about counting objects in Japanese. FUCK! That shit is annoying.

 

[Sakura]

Because 'a' doesn't work with plurals. You wouldn't say 'a gloves' just like you wouldn't say 'a birds', you need the other word in there. Basic English man.

 

[highrider]

Seems like the kind of thing that probably started in a Victorian haberdashery. I like it !

 

[slugbahr]

You only need one glove in baseball.

 

[Shifty]

Because there are two of them? Like, two physically distinct objects that correspond to your two physically distinct hands?

As has been mentioned, 'pair of jeans' is the real mind boggle.

 

[Kanhir]

You wouldn't buy just one glove.

Unless you're a golfer, or a baseball player, or someone who uses an oven, or someone who likes accessories that are so bad. I'm sure there's more.

 

[Iorv3th]

And if you lose a glove you no longer have the pair. You just have a glove.

 

[Rest]

It's a pair because there are two of them. Just like with anything else that there is a pair of.

 

[Dontero]

Language just develops, no one is set there to hold norms.
Holding those norms is something we started doing in 19 century.

 

[Greedings]

Why would it not be a pair? There's two of them.

 

[Mihos]

If they don't match, they cease to be a pair.

 

[Cybrwzrd]

Meh, English is pretty easy when it comes to silly methods of counting things. Try Japanese, where squid and octopuses are counted like liquid containers (杯), farts are counted like bullets (発), and shares of stock are counted the same way as tree roots (株 ).