Why is bra singular and panties plural?

thata a valid point, dude! bot i don't know. wud anybody clarify this?

I can't provide you with an anser, but i can provide you with a pic..! P.S. Maybe its because you look at panties from both sides but you look at a bra from the front only!!

it should be the other way round

Thats confusing!!

Who cares...Just add an 's'

Bra is a shorten version of the original garment called brassiere the word Brassiere once meant Bodice. http://www.yaelf.com/aueFAQ/mifititzlingbrassir.shtml The word is attributed to Phillippe de Brassiere who was said to be Frenchmen who developed the modern bra. The reason for the word panties, as in pants, or pantaloons, and can be used as pantie or panties, plural or not.

they mean the same thing ,and the same job

I have no idea!!! I know I'm wrong when I say this and I always get corrected when I say it by my bf.... I always say Underwears....I know it's underwear...it it always comes out that way!

YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT, ALTHOUGH TECHNICALLY YOU HAVE TO BUT CHEEKS YOU ARE SHOVING INTO YOUR PANTIES SO MAYBE THAT WOULD BE THE REASON FOR THAT ONE.

Good question.

i don't know,it's not my motherlanguage...

i have no idea about this do u have? i think nobody have an idea about this?