lemonadebunny@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoWhat is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true?message-squaremessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-down1message-squareWhat is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true?lemonadebunny@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square106fedilink
minus-squarejocanib@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoMost people have more than the average number of legs.
minus-squarequinnly@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThe average person has one fallopian tube
minus-squarejbrains@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year ago"The average person has… " is very different from “People on average have…”. I suspect you meant the second, but sometimes people truly mean the first. The difference doesn’t matter until it very suddenly matters. 😉
minus-squarequinnly@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoI was actually quoting Bo Burnham, it’s a direct quote from his 2010 special Words Words Words
Most people have more than the average number of legs.
The average person has one fallopian tube
"The average person has… " is very different from “People on average have…”.
I suspect you meant the second, but sometimes people truly mean the first.
The difference doesn’t matter until it very suddenly matters. 😉
I was actually quoting Bo Burnham, it’s a direct quote from his 2010 special Words Words Words