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[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 months ago (18 children)

TBF, we're the ones who've always known "water" isn't "wet", it does the wettening. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[–] irotsoma@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 months ago (10 children)

I mean, yeah, but it's the idiom for that and is why I put it in quotes. Not all idioms make logical sense.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (9 children)

The fact remains.

FYI, many modern idioms are bullshit shadows of their original phrasing, (eg. "Blood is thicker...", "Great minds...", "Birds of a feather...", etc.) and arguing that they're fine as-is smacks more of anti-intellectualism (if not outright laziness) than anything meaningful. 🙇🏼‍♂️

[–] raresbears@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 months ago

at least for blood is thicker the “full version” is actually most likely newer than the one you’re complaining about. it’s almost as though people use language to say what they want to say. nothing anti-intellectual about that

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