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Re: They say a picture is worth a thousand words...
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Wed, 15 May 2002 22:12:09 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Ben Roller writes:
> In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, John Neal writes:
> > Actually "they" said a picture is worth *ten* thousand words, but who's
> > counting? (except me, I guess;-)
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> I guess it depends on who you define "they" to mean. I've always heard the
> saying as "a picture is worth a thousand words" and I believe that to be the
> more popular form.
"They" are the Chinese (it's from a Chinese Proverb)
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> According to Google, "picture is worth ten thousand words" returns 218 pages
> but "picture is worth a thousand words" currently returns 59,200 pages.
Yeah, I agree that that is the more popular, albeit condensed, form.
Here is my favorite Chinese proverb:
"He who runs in front of car gets tired, but he who runs in back of car gets
exhausted".
;-)
John
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> Guess I'm counting too, :)
> Ben Roller
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