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Ask the Human First Group Bras & Panties Success Free Will Cryptic Message Bagels & Gravity There & Back Medieval Value Big & Hairy Second Group Brave Soul Toilette Paper War & Dance Assessment Fatal Love Sex & Gravity Rhyming Orange Michigander Third Group Domination Picking Things Helen's Secret Sane Advice 42 George Orwell Male Ladybugs Boning the Ham Fourth Group Declaration Colorless Odor Microwaves Cow in Pants Find the Tower Wellspring Wax Paper Other Shoe Watchmen ---------------------------------------- Ah... weird people.
God love 'em.
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Jennifer - parleys: Has anyone ever wonder why a womans bra is considered a singular word, but her panties are considered plural? Would not it make more sense for the bra to be plural instead?
The Human Responds: Experience comes with time, but I will let you in on one of your future's secrets: "bra" is plural, "panties" is singular. One day whilst strolling through the seemingly British Vicki's Panty Palace (aka Victoria's Secret) you will happen upon a little known fact among the younger crowd: bras and panties come from the mysterious French. Yes, the land of that pointy tower, Jerry Lewis fanatics, perfumed whores, and thin emasculated men who drive scooters while wearing berets and shouting strange curses at you... where exactly was I? Oh yes. The French. I'm sure you are aware that the French pronounce things... how shel wee zay? Dif'rant? Zay oftan drop off seelaybles vrom zome wordz end add zem to otherz. Therefore, "bra" is pronounced like we are used to hearing, but it's true spelling is brases (spoken braw-zay), which of course means two boob holders. But we have Americanized the word to match their pronunciation. This is much like the "boquet of flowers" of yore compared with the newer, cheapened "bokay of flowers" used by mass producing florists of today. "Panties," on the other hand, has kept its original French spelling, but the French pronounce it pan, as in I Can Bring Home The Bacon And Fry It Up In A Pan, And Never Let You Forget You're A Man.... We merely kept the spelling and changed the pronunciation. Yessir, those French love to leave off the verbalization of letters that are there and voice sounds for letters that are not there, hence your understandable confusion. So that - as you would have found out in the near future - is why "bra" and "panties" are the way they are.
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