Talk:scales

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I have had a little confusion with the correct pronunciation for "scales"

As in - "She threw the bathroom scale (or scales?) at me?"

Any comments?

scales[edit]

I miss the meaning of the expression "scales" in context of dermatology. Laco

Plural of scale. SemperBlotto 09:24, 9 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree with "plural only".[edit]

See this Google N-gram. Sometime in the late 70s/early 80s, "bathroom scale" began to outpace "bathroom scales". 165.225.9.20 19:08, 26 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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