tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Jan 22 18:42:56 2006
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In a message dated 1/22/2006 6:36:28 PM Central Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
> If a *PAIR* of pants were a singular entity, then so would the klingon
> version. It's hard to explain this, but... While looking it up, i realize that
> some other languages have it as "pant", it's a matter of when it was named,
> what component were tehy looking at. There has to be a specific reson on why a
> thing is a certain way.
Anna Wierzbicka hypothesizes that we (in English) pluralize pants to
emphasize the maleness of the garment, separating the genders socially.
lay'tel SIvten
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