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Thread #73505 Message #1274939
Posted By: mack/misophist
18-Sep-04 - 10:37 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: Scissors, Paper, Rock
Subject: RE: BS: Scissors, Paper, Rock
Scissors are plural because they're a holdover from the now extinct "dual" case. (like trousers)
Bra is singular because it comes from a word meaning "arm".
OK, John Hardly?