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From the first reply to the Mastadon post linked by u/manicennui: >@mori@mastodon.au @wikipedia And yet, the Ship of Theseus page remains, thus proving a bird
by DiscourseFan 3y ago
From the first reply to the Mastadon post linked by u/manicennui:
>@mori@mastodon.au
@wikipedia And yet, the Ship of Theseus page remains, thus proving a bird in the hand is worth two stitches in time.
- tiffanyg 3y agoWould have been better if they hadn't bungled their mixed metonymy... It's a stitch in the bird is worth a pound of eggs off a duck's back, as everyone knows...* * Courtesy of the excellent "Field Guide of Egregious Mixed Metonomies", soon to be published by Penguin Random House Simon Schuster Merriam Webster Britannica, I'm told
- thiht 3y agoTiny heads-up: it’s "MastOdon" not "MastAdon". Seems like a common mistake
- DiscourseFan 3y agoThanks