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Most obvious in English when you're talking about "the quick and the dead".
by swish_bob 7y ago
Most obvious in English when you're talking about "the quick and the dead".
- zipwitch 7y agoIt may be obvious to those of us with an interest in etymology, but when the phrase came up in my tabletop gaming group (ages 18-50), they were unanimous (save for myself) that the meaning was "the fast and the dead". I had to resort to a web search to convince them otherwise.
- loco5niner 7y agoProbably due to things like the movie "The Quick and the Dead" about fast vs slow gunfighters.
- swish_bob 7y agoBut that's a pun! It's literally the whole point!
- TheGallopedHigh 7y agoCould possibly also be a play on words...