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

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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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[-] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 10 points 10 months ago

Falling down a hole is a subset of falling in a hole that accounts for different reverence frames and gravity (falling up a hole for e.g.).

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