LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Memes@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 3 days agoI've always said thispiefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up1653arrow-down113
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minus-squareComfortableRaspberry@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up33arrow-down1·edit-23 days agoThis is one of my favorites because the shortened version is the actual opposite of the original. My family used the short version a lot. Hearing the long version for the first time felt kind of liberating :D
minus-squareMrConfusion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up40·3 days agoIf you read the Wikipedia article on the matter though, the long form given here does not seem to be “the original” by any means. The “short” proverb is many hundred years old. The “long form” first appeared in the 1990s by a specific author. It’s more an interpretation to negate an old proverb that the author disagreed with than anything.
minus-squareComfortableRaspberry@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up13·3 days agoA little sad, but thanks for adding this!
This is one of my favorites because the shortened version is the actual opposite of the original. My family used the short version a lot. Hearing the long version for the first time felt kind of liberating :D
If you read the Wikipedia article on the matter though, the long form given here does not seem to be “the original” by any means.
The “short” proverb is many hundred years old. The “long form” first appeared in the 1990s by a specific author.
It’s more an interpretation to negate an old proverb that the author disagreed with than anything.
A little sad, but thanks for adding this!
Damn bro, what a rollercoaster