Comment on We refer to jeans as "a pair of jeans", but the only thing that there are two of is the legs, it's still only one item of clothing.

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CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

A pair of pliers is just one tool.

And an au pair is just one person, usually a woman, and they aren’t made of a piece of gold, much less two.

Checkmate, linguists!

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