I've only heard "the splits".
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Gudanov - Feb 24, 2010 6:14:39 am PST #10364 of 30001
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Dana - Feb 24, 2010 6:18:10 am PST #10365 of 30001
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Explain why "the splits" would be plural. Is it because you have two legs?
tommyrot - Feb 24, 2010 6:19:47 am PST #10366 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Explain why "the splits" would be plural. Is it because you have two legs?
The same reason "pants" and "scissors" are plural?
msbelle - Feb 24, 2010 6:20:17 am PST #10367 of 30001
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I use THEM BOTH!!!
tommyrot - Feb 24, 2010 6:21:04 am PST #10368 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
ION, my old knee injury has been bugging me again. But now it's happening if I sit for a long time - when I get up, my knee hurts for a few minutes. What's up with that?
Frankenbuddha - Feb 24, 2010 6:24:35 am PST #10369 of 30001
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OK, I will hypothesize that "a split" is in the Northeast, "the splits" elsewhere.
The only context I ever hear "a split" before today was to refer to a house (short for "a split-level"). So I don't think it's a Northeast thing
megan walker - Feb 24, 2010 6:24:47 am PST #10370 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
So would you say banana splits?
It's not a word I use very often, but I've never heard the plural in reference to dance or gymnastics.
ETA: Except in the case of "she often does splits in her routine" (but not "the splits").
tommyrot - Feb 24, 2010 6:26:08 am PST #10371 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Ginger - Feb 24, 2010 6:26:39 am PST #10372 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
But now it's happening if I sit for a long time - when I get up, my knee hurts for a few minutes.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it sounds like arthritis.
tommyrot - Feb 24, 2010 6:27:47 am PST #10373 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it sounds like arthritis.
Yeah, when I had my accident back in '91, a doctor told me I'd probably get arthritis in that knee when I got older.
Still, I was hoping it wouldn't happen for a few more decades....