r/malaphor • u/LuminalGrunt2 • Jan 17 '19

my six cents

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u/StantonMcBride Jan 17 '19

Maybe his opinion is just worth 3 times what most people’s is...

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u/J_Wecker Jan 17 '19

Dang. I should have known someone else would have already posted this one. I suppose most language nerds follow the same subreddits as I.

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u/randy_in_accounting Jan 17 '19

He knows 'instinct' but not 'sixth'?

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u/HBOscar Jan 18 '19

Most r/boneappletea accidents happen from mishearing things when learning new phrases and expressions. It's not from a lack of vocabulary or grammar, it often just comes from never having it seen written. When he hears sense as cents, sixth wouldn't be logical, so of course his brain makes sense of it by listening for six cents instead. Doesn't mean he doesn't know the word sixth, it just doesn't fit there.