Shoes and Socks... / myLot

United States

April 7, 2018 4:51pm CST

So, my husband wanted to know if I wanted to go on a ride with him. As I'm putting my socks on, I tell him "just as soon as I get my shoes and socks on!" Then I wondered why do we say this? When really you put your "socks and shoes on." You put your socks on before you put your shoes on. So we really should say "just as soon as I get my socks and shoes on!! " ~Peace~

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (57864)

• Centralia, Washington

7 Apr 18

A long time ago a parent said it that way to mess with the kid and its never gone out of vogue.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (85487)

• United States

7 Apr 18

Hmmm...maybe because 'h' becomes before 'o' in the alphabet? It breaks the tie of having two words that start with the letter 's'. That is all I've got!

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (45487)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

8 Apr 18

And why do we have to go put them on? Or "go do" anything, for that matter? Why can't we just "do" something?

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snowy

@snowy22315 (169963)

• United States

7 Apr 18

One of those mysteries we will never solve I guess!

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M.-L.

@MALUSE (69413)

• Germany

24 May 18

This is a question only for English speaking people. Although the words are nearly the same in German (Schuhe / Socken), Germans don't use this expression.

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Hanni Harel

@Hannihar (129470)

• Israel

11 Apr 18

@STOUTjodee You are right you put your socks on first before your shoes.

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