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How can we see the Milky Way if we are inside of it?
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this post was submitted on 08 Oct 2023
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Didn't know that. TIL, thanks
Edit: how do you say it? "I can't see the forest because of all the trees"? That would be the literal word by word translation coming from german
"you can't see the forest for the trees."
Or sometimes "you can't see the woods for the trees"
I have heard it with that exact wording many times. Or maybe, "can't see the forest through the trees"
Lived from Virginia to Ohio, Indiana Illinois and Michigan, also heard "can't see the forest FOR the trees" which I always figures was a more colloquial change.
I haven't heard that exact phrasing before, and as a native English speaker born and raised in California, that wording sounds a little awkward to me. It does kind of sound like something my mom, who is from the east coast, would say. ๐
Don't get me started on pop vs soda...
I say soda, wife says pop. We have a little exchange of "correcting" each other a couple times a month.
My mom grew up saying "tonic"........
She also says "quarter of 8" when it is 7:45, which never made sense to me either. I usually hear quarter til 8 or quarter after 8 (for 8:15). Never quarter of. And whenever I point out that the phrase doesn't really make much sense, she does this whole hand motion to explain it, which just confuses me even more.
It's those Bostonians, man. Gotta watch out for them. They say weird stuff.
That made me physically recoil, "quarter of 8" just sounds so clunky.
99% of the time here, it's just directly stating the time. Sometimes a Gen x will say "half past" or "quarter past" but not often anymore. I've never heard "quarter OF"
Your mom dun talk weird
You're both wrong. The generic word for a sweet, carbonated beverage is "coke".
Next you'll tell me ALL tea is sweet tea!