Do you know how I know that a southerner invented the toothbrush?!
Question: If a northerner had invented it, it would have been called the TEETHbrush
Answers: If a northerner had invented it, it would have been called the TEETHbrush
Why do they call it a toothbrush instead of a teethbrush?
Because it was invented in West Virginia, where "Nice tooth" is a good pick-up line.
Because it was invented in Kentucky.
Because it was invented in Arkansas.
Because it was invented in Alabama.
Because it was invented in Maine.
Because it was invented by a blonde.
Because it was invented by a hillbilly.
Because it was invented by a Willie Nelson roadie.
Because it was invented by an NHS dentist in the UK.
Because you are supposed to brush one tooth at the time.
Because they didn't want to make people who have only one tooth feel bad.
Because the original toothbrush was a frayed twig and you could only brush one tooth at a time.
Why is it called a "pair" of pants?
Serious answers:
Compound words in English are almost always if not always formed with the singular word, such as mousetrap, football, bookcase, bedroom and toothbrush
http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/...
LOL
Its actually a West Virgininer.
lol thats interesting i didn't know that *starred*
i never knew dat