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The idiom "garden path" typically refers to a misleading path, as in "He led me down the garden path" (to take advantage). See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gar
by QuercusMax 11mo ago
The idiom "garden path" typically refers to a misleading path, as in "He led me down the garden path" (to take advantage). See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden-path_sentence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden-path_sentence.
- teddyh 11mo agoYes, I know. This is why the term “garden path” does not fit in that sentence.
- QuercusMax 11mo agoI was yes-anding you, not no-butting.
- teddyh 11mo agoI see. You could have made that more clear by prepending something like ”For those who don’t know,” to the start of your comments.
- QuercusMax 11mo agoshrug I thought it was pretty clear from the context that I was expanding upon your point, but I'm not interested in starting flame wars about this.
- teddyh 11mo agoWell, I misinterpreted your comment. Much like you seem to misinterpret my comments as starting a flame war. Oh well.