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Walter Ong said something like (paraphrasing): "If the phrase 'a picture is worth a thousand words' is true, then why does it need to be a phrase at all?"
by scroot 6y ago
Walter Ong said something like (paraphrasing): "If the phrase 'a picture is worth a thousand words' is true, then why does it need to be a phrase at all?"
- iamcurious 6y agoCause that phrase is just 7 words. A picture would have 993 other unnecessary words.
- CRConrad 6y agoNever mind the 993, show us a picture that conveys those seven -- and any 993 other unnecessary ones you want. If the seven were true, that should be easy. Heck, I won't hold it against you if there are as many as 1,042 extra words, or as few as 763. But I betcha you can't find one that clearly says what seven little words of text do. Which goes to show that those seven little words are a lie.