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English is weird
Papersatan:
My friend was a PhD fellow in a program between my local university and several universities in China. The program was called "China-Rochester Suicide Research Training Program" which they all acknowledged made it sound like they were researching the best ways to kill ones self.
Is it cold in here?:
Like the hospital with a "Director of Infectious Diseases".
LTK:
Why does the English language insist on using the plural for objects that are quite clearly one thing? Like scissors, glasses, headphones, trousers, tweezers, things like those.
BeoPuppy:
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Have you stolen or fucked one, though?
idontunderstand:
--- Quote from: LTK on 04 Mar 2013, 10:30 ---Why does the English language insist on using the plural for objects that are quite clearly one thing? Like scissors, glasses, headphones, trousers, tweezers, things like those.
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I guess the answer is obvious but I'll say it anyway: All of those have two parts. Two scissor knives, two glass lenses, two headphones joined together etc. But I guess it's not completely logical?
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