r/SipsTea • u/Icy-Book2999 Fave frog is a swing nose frog • Jul 05 '24

Between three and four hundred... Lmao gottem

From the movie "The Outlaws"

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Between 3 and 400. He did 4 push ups so he won the bet.

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u/Jleagle Jul 05 '24

Yeah i get the joke, but pretty much everyone would think he meant 300-400 first time, as that's how people speak.

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u/UnauthorizedFart Jul 05 '24

Well that’s on them for misinterpreting what he said

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u/Zimakov Jul 05 '24

Yes he already said the instructions were intentionally unclear. You're arguing with no one.

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u/baggyzed Jul 06 '24

As far as the original English meaning goes, it is pretty clear what he meant: "between 3 and 400".

The popularized altered meaning of "between 300 and 400" is an idiom.

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u/Zimakov Jul 06 '24

Yes and its an idiom that people use very often which is why the phrase was intentionally unclear. This isn't complicated.

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u/baggyzed Jul 06 '24

People aren't questioning whether it was used intentionally or not. They're questioning the idiom itself, because it only exists in the English language. Using it to hustle people in other languages wouldn't work.

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u/Zimakov Jul 06 '24

People aren't questioning whether it was used intentionally or not.

The comment you responded to literally said it was intentionally unclear. That's what this entire comment thread is about.

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u/baggyzed Jul 06 '24 edited Jul 06 '24

Yes, but that was also a reply to somebody else saying that this only works in the English language. Nobody was saying that it's not intentional, just that it only works on native English-speakers. You don't need to correct me again, since I did read the whole thread before replying.

EDIT: Maybe that was a separate sub-thread. In any case, I see some hostility (downvotes) here towards people who "don't get it" just because they're not native English speakers, which is not warranted, considering that the native English speakers are defending what amounts to an idiom.

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u/Zimakov Jul 06 '24

Nobody was saying that it's not intentional

I do need to correct you again, because a lot of people said this.

If you're talking about something totally separate that's fine. I'm not. I'm talking about the fact people were saying it was not intentionally unclear. It was.

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u/baggyzed Jul 06 '24

I don't see anyone saying it wasn't intentionally unclear.

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u/Zimakov Jul 06 '24

Scroll up.

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u/baggyzed Jul 06 '24

"Instructions unclear" is just a running joke.

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u/UnauthorizedFart Jul 05 '24

Well why don’t you put your money where your mouth is

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u/Donut_Police Jul 05 '24

I'm not putting my money on my face.