headphones

KooyeenHi,
could someone tell me if these are all ok?

I just bought a new pair of headphones.
I just bought a pair of new headphones.
I just bought new headphones.

I am just a little bit unsure if "pair" is used idiomatically with "headphones".
Thanks

Hi Yoong,
thanks. I actually think all three are perfectly natural, but since I'm not sure... that's why I asked. I'd also like to hear what the others think now.

Hi Kooyeen

By the way, you can also say a set of headphones.

Regarding the sentences, let's hear the view of other members as you said.

I think I'd just say "some new headphones". (But I doubt very much that I'd look askance, if I heard any of the original versions.)

MrP

Thanks.

Some new headphones? Hmm, it's not "some". it's just one of those things, which I use to listen to music. But I have to say it doesn't sound bad to me, because in Italian I would actually use the equivalent of "some" in that case. I could also use "a pair" though. The fact is that in Italian I would also say "I bought some scissors", meaning "I bought a pair of scissors". So I do

Yes, it works the same way:

1. I bought some headphones = I bought a pair of headphones

2. I bought some scissors = I bought a pair of scissors

3. I bought some trousers = I bought a pair of trousers

(An unusual shopping expedition.)

MrP

I'd say a new pair of headphones, never a pair of new headphones. Or I might say some (new) headphones.

And in AmE, Kooyeen, Mr. P.'s last example would be either as he wrote it or, more likely:

I bought some pants = I bought a pair of pants.

(pants means something distinctly different from trousers in BrE if I remember cor

Oh. Thanks! I really didn't kow that. I see.

CalifJim(pants means something distinctly different from trousers in BrE if I remember correctly, whereas they are essentially synonyms in AmE.)
CJ

In BrE pants is underwear or knickers.

In BrE pants is underwear or knickers.

Thanks.

Do both sexes wear BrE pants?
Do both sexes wear BrE knickers?

CJ