Like pants.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

kinda but you get two "pant legs" lol! but yeah i getcha

by Anonymous 14 years ago

wow. you have a tv set. not a tv sets.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

the point is that "set" usually implies multiple of the same object.

by Anonymous 14 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 Anonymous 14 years ago

Philosoraptor!

by Anonymous 14 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.

by Anonymous 14 years ago