As a fan of both authors I’d just like to point out the quote is from Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe.
I’ve never really thought about it and I don’t have the vocabulary to describe it, but they have similar humour in the way they look at humans and social interaction.
Likewise in one of the later books they visit “God’s last message to the universe” or something like that and if I recall correctly it’s “Sorry for the inconvenience”
Great great author.
I was listening to the audiobook and had tu de cypher it by writing onto the paper. Almost shat myself laughing when I realize what it said. You will be missed Douglas.
There’s a certain irony in using a Douglas Adams quote to support saying something is reminiscent of Terry Pratchett.
British humour, both lean into the absurd. I love them both, and can admit there are similarities.
It does actually attribute the quote to Douglas Adams at the bottom of the image.
Why do people in the UK and US say “maths” vs “math”?
There’s more than one type of math. Would you say physic?
Or sport?
C m8 they’res only 1 kinda reel sport nd thats footie.
Do you guys also say Geographies? Or Histories? Do you take Arts classes? You take Physics, do you also have Chemistries and Biologies?
Yeah I get it, but I’m more curious why it’s said differently?
There’s usually a long explanation for these types of things which most of the time boils down to “because that’s how people have been saying it and it’s become the norm.”
Many linguistical mistakes have been overused to the point of them changing their meaning. Take “decimation”. It used to mean to kill 1 in every 10. Because it sounds cool and has been used in a lot of media, it now mainly means to kill or destroy a large part of something.
You should be asking yourself that. ;)
Let me go count all my Lego.
Lego is the only correct version though, it is defined by the company that created it so its not ‘open to interpretation’ imo.
I agree with you. A sheep and some sheep are the same to me 😂
We can blame beer.
Growing beer demand using wild grain bread for the yeast source ⟩ settling permanently allowed increased agriculture ⟩ agriculture necessitated protection from thieves and raids ⟩ establishment of nobility (military) and temples (religion, math, and literacy ⟩ money is invented to facilitate the collection of taxes for protection and public works (yes, government and organized religion started as a parasitic voluntary protection racket) ⟩ life got harder, nourishment got worse, but hey, at least they had beer.
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Douglas Adams <3
