A nice pair

Why do we Put on a shirt, and a pair of pants?

I want to put on a pair of shirts and a pant.

"World.....you've got me cornered again."

 

cuz it has like.. two things for your legs

 

I guess each leg gets one pant.

 

well, i want a shirt for each arm then..

 

Consider these words;

We’ll begin with box, and the plural is boxes,
But the plural of ox should be oxen, not oxes;
The one fowl is a goose, but two are called geese,
Yet the plural of moose should never be meese;
You may find a lone mouse or a whole nest of mice,
But the plural of house is houses, not hice;
If the plural of man is always called men,
Why shouldn’t the plural of pan be called pen?
The cow in the plural may be cows or kine,
But a bow, if repeated, is never called bine;
And the plural of vow is vows, never vine.
If I speak of a foot, and you show me your feet,
And I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth, and a whole set are teeth,
Why shouldn’t the plural of booth be called beeth?
If the singular’s this and the plural is these,
Should be plural of kiss ever be keese?
Then one may be that, and three would be those,
Yet hat in the plural would never be hose;
And the plural of cat is cats, not cose.
We speak of a brother, and also of brethren,
But though we say mother, we never say methren;
Then the masculine pronouns are he, his, and him,
But imagine the feminine she, shis, and shim.
So the English, I think, you all will agree,
Is the greatest language you ever did see

 

one fish two fish

however.. fishes is acceptable when denoting multiple species of fish.

does the same go for deer?

 

fishyfishyfishy is the proper term for plural fish


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK8u-QX5zKU"]Ernie and Bert - Ernie's Fish Call - YouTube

 

my heart hurts

 

In my language we do not have glasses or pants. The words for those are just singular like it should be

 

"I killed 6 deer."
"I killed 6 beers."

Aparrently when talking about hunting, deer is both plural and singular. But in other context "Deers" is acceptable but not common.

"We saw many Deers at the zoo today"
"We drank many beers at the zoo today."
"My drunk cousin tried to shoot all the deer at the zoo today."

 

Why isn't a pair of Bras then?

 

Good point.

Who made all these rules?

 

Same in Spanish: una camisa (one shirt) los pantalones (could be singular or plural depending on context).

In English we do speak of "a pant leg".
We also have the word "britches" (orginally "breeches" that which covers the breech).
You can't go around town showing your breech, now can you?

 

Some men wear briefs. Why is it plural?

 

if they served beers at the zoo, i'd spend a lot more time looking at exotic animals.

 

Not only do they serve beer at my local Zoo, they have annual beer festivals, beer tastings, etc. Guess they have to do something to help people deal with all the kids running around.