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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 16 Nov 2015

    Can you wear a pant? What about a jean, trouser, pajama, short, legging, brief, tight, or panty? http://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2015/11/pants.html …

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      1. Rafael Rodrigues‏ @rafarodrigues56 17 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker You haven't been talking a lot about the Paris attacks, have you?

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      1. Peter Lockhart‏ @ThPeterLockhart 17 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker A pair of underpants and there is only one of them

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      1. Jimmy Tidey‏ @Jimmytidey 17 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker missing 'trouser', by far the best word for this item

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      1. Tom Goossens‏ @TyrGoossens 17 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker pajama, short, legging & panty are all used as singular words in Dutch. Why isn't it "a pair of shirts" - it has 2 sleeves too? ;)

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      1. Swift‏ @MickSwift 16 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker You may say pant in US English but in ScouseEnglish we say Kecks. I'm not wearing a Keck for anyone :)

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      1. Archie Debunker‏ @ArcheeDebunker 16 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker yes to nylons, no to hose...always say no to hose, ho's or hoes.

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      1. FeralPetrel‏ @pgfpvt 16 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker According to folklore, the guys from Boksburg in South Africa say: "I could like to wear a Jean pant". (Afrikaans influence)

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      1. HarryH65‏ @harryh65 16 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker just (often) people trying to sound fancy or different, as in alternative name spelling. But some of them also semiliterate.

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      1. John Walter  🇨🇦 🇲🇽‏ @johnwalt 16 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker maybe if you have just one leg?

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      1. Vee‏ @v4Jfb 16 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker So why isn't it bras(all other items which have 2 parts -inc. glasses, headphones, ear muffs) end in 's' so why not bra?)

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      1. Shachar Mirkin‏ @shacharmirkin 16 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker the same happens in Hebrew for pants, tights and panties

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      1. Karen Goodall‏ @karengoodallpsy 16 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker Panty has to be the worst word ever.

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      1. [Λ•]ltSciFi‏ @altscifi_ 16 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker I was consterned one day to find I'd worn a legging as a pant. In the end, it turned out to be an errant jegging posing as a jean.

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      1. Michael Saunby‏ @msaunby 16 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker and of course ye olde suit of clothes.

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      1. Rachel Appel‏ @RachelAppel 16 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker yes, it's a pant if you're so cheap that you only buy one leg worth of pants. :-p

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      1. Jo‏ @montyollie 16 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker You know when it finally does come back into fashion... it will be with the dreaded apostrophe (pant's, shoe's)

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      1. Linda Shuttleworth‏ @lindaschaos 16 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker Yet Legos used to be just Lego!

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      1. david ropeik‏ @dropeik 16 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker Can I wear my brief to court?

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      1. Velterop ⓐ – #Internationalist  🇪🇺 🇳🇱 🇬🇧 🇩🇪‏Verified account @Villavelius 16 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker Plural for singular objects is a quirk of English, I think.

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