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Coelocanth: Just to be a pedant...

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rtcvb32: Depends. There's the phrase 'you can't have your cake and eat it too',
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Coelocanth: ...this is probably the most misquoted phrase of all time. It's actually You can't eat your cake and have it too which, when you think about it, actually makes more sense.

Anyway, sorry for the off topic, but I'm feeling pedantic today. :)
Sorry to correct the pedant, but "You can't have your cake and eat it too" is the original phrase, not a misquote. Basically, the word "have", in this case, simply means "possess", and after you've eaten it, you won't possess it any more.
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blakstar: Basically, the word "have", in this case, simply means "possess", and after you've eaten it, you won't possess it any more.
Which is why the original is phrased the other way around. Or so I read in a book some time ago that dealt with the origins of commonly used phrases. If you eat it, you can't possess it. But if you possess it, you can certainly eat it.
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blakstar: Basically, the word "have", in this case, simply means "possess", and after you've eaten it, you won't possess it any more.
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Coelocanth: Which is why the original is phrased the other way around. Or so I read in a book some time ago that dealt with the origins of commonly used phrases. If you eat it, you can't possess it. But if you possess it, you can certainly eat it.
It's true that your version makes more logical sense, but the version I mentioned is the original one.

Anyway, it doesn't really matter anyhow! Just thought I'd mention it, and I'm certainly not going to turn it into the usual 15 page "matter of honour"/"I'm right, you're wrong" type of... ahem... "discussions" that you see all over the Internet! :-)

(BTW I am right about it :-P)
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blakstar: Basically, the word "have", in this case, simply means "possess", and after you've eaten it, you won't possess it any more.
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Coelocanth: Which is why the original is phrased the other way around. Or so I read in a book some time ago that dealt with the origins of commonly used phrases. If you eat it, you can't possess it. But if you possess it, you can certainly eat it.
Actually, I'm pretty sure its based around the famed phrase "let them eat cake"
Uh oh! We're all doomed now! Sachys is involved! 8-)

"Let them eat bananas!" :-P
Well, that's it - I'm out before the poo-flinging begins!
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Coelocanth:
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Sachys: Actually, I'm pretty sure its based around the famed phrase "let them eat cake"
She never actually said that.
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Sachys: Actually, I'm pretty sure its based around the famed phrase "let them eat cake"
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tinyE: She never actually said that.
Well, if cake's not the subject any more, we could always try the usual fallback... SAUSAGES! :-D
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tinyE: She never actually said that.
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blakstar: Well, if cake's not the subject any more, we could always try the usual fallback... SAUSAGES! :-D
or
just change it to suit everybody

..."LET THEM CANNIBALISE LICURG!"
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Sachys: Actually, I'm pretty sure its based around the famed phrase "let them eat cake"
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tinyE: She never actually said that.
Didnt say she did - mentioned the "famed phrase".

Nuff said!

*puts tinyE in the dungeon of duncitude


Edit: besides, this is a necro, lets leave Licurg to do what he will with the dead and then burn him before hes done. Agreed everybody?
Post edited December 05, 2014 by Sachys
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blakstar: Well, if cake's not the subject any more, we could always try the usual fallback... SAUSAGES! :-D
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Sachys: or
just change it to suit everybody

..."LET THEM CANNIBALISE LICURG!"
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tinyE: She never actually said that.
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Sachys: Didnt say she did - mentioned the "famed phrase".

Nuff said!

*puts tinyE in the dungeon of duncitude

Edit: besides, this is a necro, lets leave Licurg to do what he will with the dead and then burn him before hes done. Agreed everybody?
Duncitude is my middle name! :D
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Sachys: or
just change it to suit everybody

..."LET THEM CANNIBALISE LICURG!"

Didnt say she did - mentioned the "famed phrase".

Nuff said!

*puts tinyE in the dungeon of duncitude

Edit: besides, this is a necro, lets leave Licurg to do what he will with the dead and then burn him before hes done. Agreed everybody?
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tinyE: Duncitude is my middle name! :D
*squeezes dunce hat on tinyE even harder

No, its Numptibuffinchops - remember? - you lost your middle name to the guy the other week who sold you the magic Beano issue... dunce!
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How about the whole thread? ;)
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Sachys: Actually, I'm pretty sure its based around the famed phrase "let them eat cake"
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tinyE: She never actually said that.
I doubt she said that, as well. She probably said it in French instead! :-P
Post edited December 05, 2014 by blakstar
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blakstar: is the original phrase, not a misquote.
I'm going from memory. However quotes that are really old may very well have different meanings than they used to. For example in older English i believe pretty was an insult to a girl, while today it's a compliment...

Of course history and language aren't my strong points... But thanks for confirming i didn't misquote it.
>mfw we're keeping this thread alive - http://i.imgur.com/261X7SQ.gif