• finitebanjo@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I think you or they added two extra ands, because the pub isn’t “Pig And And Whistle.”

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      2 months ago

      Nah, it’s referring to the first space by grouping the first and second words, “Pig” and “And,” and then referring to the second space by grouping the second and third words, “And” and “Whistle.”

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          2 months ago

          “The Pig And Whistle” asked a sign writer to make a new sign.

          I want more space between “Pig” and “And”

          and

          [more space between] “And” and “Whistle”

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            2 months ago

            Ovahea’s comment as I copy and paste is

            Pig and And and And and Whistle”.

            So if you remove the bonus ands, it becmes “Pig And And Whistle”.

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              2 months ago

              But as someone else pointed out it’s the same “and”. The sign has three words on it. Between the words are spaces. How many spaces are there? What on either edge of each space?

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                2 months ago

                Okay I concede that it works, albeit it requires a comma, but it also works without the redundant ands