Me: ChaCha, what is the difference between socks, sox, and stockings?
ChaCha: Sox is just a shortening of socks, and stockings come up to the knee or past it.
Me: Ok, but why the phrase "stocking feet?" Since the only difference is one of length, "sock feet" should also be ok but nobody ever says it that way.
ChaCha: It's the way things evolve. We tend to shorten up a lot of terms, TV for television, cell for cellular phone and so on.
Huh? If we tend to shorten up terms, wouldn't we be saying "sock feet" instead of "stocking feet?" And what about this picture of some Boston Red Sox players? "Sox" is apparently equivalent to "socks," but their "sox" clearly come up to the knee, so by definition they should be called the Boston Red Stockings.
I am definitely going to get to the bottom of this issue. And when I do, you will be the first to know the real truth about this conspiracy.
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