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They didn't say how deep the knowledge is. Puddles have some depth.
by lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 3y ago
They didn't say how deep the knowledge is. Puddles have some depth.
- Cpoll 3y agoBut the analogous statement is "puddles are deep."
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 3y agoI don't see the problem. They are deep. Not as deep as a lake but they are deep. They are also shallow. Not as shallow as a divot made into a sheet of paper (which doesn't go all the way through) but they are shallow.
- dylan604 3y agoAround here, we say more width than depth when politely insulting someone's lack of knowledge. I assume it has British influence
- Apocryphon 3y agoMore breadth than depth sounds better.
- dylan604 3y agoBreadth isn't a word a cowboy would typically use though EDIT: after further thought, height isn't a word a cowboy would use either. around here, there is a staggeringly large number of people that say "width and heighth"
- Apocryphon 3y agoAh, well I was factoring in the British influence. I could see such a modified phrase being used in an academic setting for sniping between intellectuals.
- dylan604 3y agoWith Breadth, I think you are moving past influence and flat out making it British.