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Me, after driving 3 hours to hear the sound of the waves crashing and finding that instead.
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Me, after driving 3 hours to hear the sound of the waves crashing and finding that instead.
Yes I think it has more to do with earth's complete rotation around the sun and its axis, the 60 sec and 24 hr are arbitrary. We say fractions of a second or split second, as a descriptor. Do you say that too, down there?
It's called Speed Tape.
Here is from where the picture originated:
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Out of interest, why aren’t shoe sizes quoted in feet? Surely of all measurements, that would make the most sense.
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Every size would be 1 foot?
Sensibly, shoe sizes in Japan are in centimeters.
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What do you propose we use for condom sizes then?
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Palm or stick would be nice, right?
For most applications, finger will probably be enough.
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“Shaftment” is on the chart below finger and smaller than a foot.
This is incorrect, I know for sure some of these expressions don't come from Shakespeare.
Fact is, you don't start a sentence with "fact is", but you end it with "and that's a fact." And that's a fact.
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Had to fact check this with AI and it’s spot on! (Always learning new things at ASR!):
Yes, many of the phrases in the image can be credibly attributed to William Shakespeare. While he may not have invented every one of them from scratch, he was often the first known author to write them down in a way that popularized them—and that’s why he’s commonly credited.
Here’s a breakdown of what’s true:
Phrases that do originate (or are first recorded) in Shakespeare’s works:
- “Knock, knock! Who’s there?” – Macbeth
- “Heart of gold” – Henry V
- “In a pickle” – The Tempest
- “Faint-hearted” – Henry VI, Part 1
- “Fight fire with fire” – King John
- “Bated breath” – The Merchant of Venice
- “Wear your heart on your sleeve” – Othello
- “Full circle” – King Lear
- “What’s done is done” – Macbeth
- “Naked truth” – Love’s Labour’s Lost
- “Laughing stock” – The Merry Wives of Windsor
- “Heart of hearts” – Hamlet
- “Dead as a doornail” – Henry VI, Part 2
- “Green-eyed monster” – Othello
- “The world is my oyster” – The Merry Wives of Windsor
- “Be-all and end-all” – Macbeth
- “Out of the jaws of death” – Twelfth Night
- “Too much of a good thing” – As You Like It
- “Break the ice” – The Taming of the Shrew
- “Wild goose chase” – Romeo and Juliet
- “Vanish into thin air” – Othello
- “For goodness’ sake” – Henry VIII
- “Fair play” / “Foul play” – The Tempest
- “Off with his head!” – Richard III
- “Brave new world” – The Tempest
- “A sorry sight” – Macbeth
- “Set your teeth on edge”
- “Send him packing”
- “The game is up”
- “Come what may”
- “Seen better days”
- “Makes your hair stand on end”
- “Love is blind”
Possibly misattributed or unclear origins:
- “So-so” – Common English expression before Shakespeare.
- “Good riddance” – Also found in earlier English sources but Shakespeare used it memorably.
- “Breathed his last” – A poetic phrase used by others around the same time.
Shakespeare either coined or was the first to record many phrases that are now part of everyday English. Even when he didn’t invent them, his works gave them lasting cultural resonance.
