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Why on earth do Americans call a single bed ‘twin’?
Because you can put two in a room.
Need Mace Windu saying this to the Jedi Council
Unfortunately, Mace is the council making stupid-ass decisions.
Then call it a half twin.
That makes no sense! I'd say that this greatly depends on the size of the room. Unsless rooms have standard sizes in the US!?
Don’t forget that you can stack them and make bunk beds too.
Why arent they called triplets then?
Because you can’t reasonably get three in a room whereas you can reasonably get two in the majority of bedrooms.
You could stack 3 though.
I looked it up to put an end to this. American hotels call them twin beds because they were a matching set of beds put in a room.
That makes good sense! Thanks!
According to this:
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/27810/why-do-americans-call-single-beds-twin-beds
EDIT: I don't think that that's correct, though, because while beds have become larger, it sounds like the twin was very much around in the 1950s.
https://www.ebohemians.com/a-guide-to-antique-bed-sizes-understanding-the-history-and-variations/
I heard it was because siblings shared rooms and they had two beds in the room, hence twins.