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xkcd again, but now on linguists and their weird habits (mander.xyz)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by lvxferre@mander.xyz to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works

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I feel slightly offended. Because it's true.

(Alt text: "Do you feel like the answer depends on whether you're currently in the hole, versus when you refer to the events later after you get out? Assuming you get out.")

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[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 months ago

Agreed. I feel like the dimensions of the hole is relevant. Like if it has to be wider than it is deep to fall in. But it be needs to be deeper than is wide to fall down into.

And maybe the hole has to be at least wide enough that you can lie horizontally in to fall in it? Not sure about that though. But when falling down a hole, that definitely doesn't matter. The hole has to be deeper that I am tall for me to fall down it, horizontal width doesn't matter, it's all about the vertical in that case.