Metaphors exist.
Unless youre trying to tell me everything in the bible is literal?
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bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 3 months agoNobody calls mushrooms fruit
CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world 3 months ago
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
Unless youre trying to tell me everything in the bible is literal?
Obviously not. But that’s not a metaphor. That’s just using the wrong word.
CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Oh, you consulted the author?
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
No, but like, a metaphor is when there’s some second meaning. Why would you call a mushroom a fruit? Especially since none of this was in English anyway and so there’s no way of knowing if any secondary meanings of the word would have also made any sense poetically.
WhiteHairSuperSaiyan@lemmynsfw.com 3 months ago
The head of a mushroom is a fruiting body. I know that is a huge distinction but could be confused pretty easily. Especially if there is some translation fun between.