Originally Posted by
FBinNY
Pants are plural, so are shoes and socks which are all in pairs. (pants used to be in to parts, with being sewn into a single garment an innovation which came later) But a fork is singular, the same as the fork you eat with and the one you come to on the road.
As I said, it's possible that singular or plural fork(s) may be a marker separating old school from new.
BTW, your eye glass are right where you left them on the night stand. Listen to much music with headphone? When it's cold do you wear ear muff?
I could go on...
But to get back to the story...
When I cut them tines off and told my brother to fetch the
fork he looked confused. So I told him to pick up the
forks. He said Dale; whatcha gonna do with them there
fork? I said Scuse me? He said, I mean
forks. I said, Jimmy, Imma gonna hammer them there
forks onto these here
forks and make me a chopper. He said: I'm gonna tell mommm...