The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Linguistics HumorEnglish · 1 day agoBasically twins?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-224 hours agoSo similar it was guaranteed they’d fight wars so numerous they started being named just by duration. Kind of like Greeks and Trojans, or Judeans and Samaritans.
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·17 hours agoImagine being in the Thirty Years Wars and you realize it’s year 29 so the end is near
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 hour agoImagine it’s year 9 of the Nine Years War and then they’re like “just joking, it’s the second Hundred Years War”.
minus-squareKyrgizion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·20 hours agoOr the Scots and other Scots. Damn Scots! They ruined Scotland!
So similar it was guaranteed they’d fight wars so numerous they started being named just by duration.
Kind of like Greeks and Trojans, or Judeans and Samaritans.
Imagine being in the Thirty Years Wars and you realize it’s year 29 so the end is near
Imagine it’s year 9 of the Nine Years War and then they’re like “just joking, it’s the second Hundred Years War”.
Or the Scots and other Scots.
Damn Scots! They ruined Scotland!