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Why to they call them "TV sets" if you only get one, amirite?
by Anonymous13 years ago
Like pants.
by Anonymous13 years ago
kinda but you get two "pant legs" lol! but yeah i getcha
by Anonymous13 years ago
wow. you have a tv set. not a tv sets.
by Anonymous13 years ago
the point is that "set" usually implies multiple of the same object.
by Anonymous13 years ago
but a television set is the finished product of a whole network of different specialized parts. plus I was assuming the emphasis was on the plural of the word.
by Anonymous13 years ago
Philosoraptor!
by Anonymous13 years ago
Prior to 1935 (yes, there was TV prior to 1935), televisions were
mechanical devices that were not entirely electronic. The device was made up of a "set" of specific items, namely a small motor, a spinning disk and a neon light. Without any of these, (ie, the set was incomplete) the device would not work. The term "mechanical
television" eventually gave way to the term "television set" to
describe all types of TV's, though other less popular and shorter
lived names such as "Televisor" and "Shadowgraph" were used briefly to refer to certain models.
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