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I'm amused by the irony of the name "Red Herring". Perhaps the idiom isn't familiar to non-native English speakers? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_herring h
by alttag 14y ago
I'm amused by the irony of the name "Red Herring". Perhaps the idiom isn't familiar to non-native English speakers?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_herring https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_herring
- error54 14y agoI'm with you. I thought these were one of those "ironic" type awards similar to the Darwin awards or the razzies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_Awards https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_Awards https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Raspberry_Award https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Raspberry_Award
- coenhyde 14y agoWe use the term a lot in Australia. Seems to be of British origin?
- alizaki 14y agoRed Herring used to be a major tech magazine back in the day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Herring_(magazine) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Herring_(magazine)