Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 1 month agoSwift knows somethingsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1467arrow-down18
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minus-squarechristophski@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up106·1 month agoThe chicken egg came before the chicken, as the thing that laid the chicken egg was not quite a chicken
minus-squareBassTurd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 month agoI had this exact discussion within the last year. The first egg was a chicken egg. Every subsequent egg was a chicken’s egg.
minus-squareTartas1995@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·1 month agoThat is a linguistical question. What does “chicken” in “chicken egg” mean? What is chicken? What is in the egg or who laid it?
minus-squareMindTraveller@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoIs a chicken egg defined as an egg that will grow into a chicken, or as an egg laid by a chicken?
The chicken egg came before the chicken, as the thing that laid the chicken egg was not quite a chicken
Correct!
I had this exact discussion within the last year. The first egg was a chicken egg. Every subsequent egg was a chicken’s egg.
That is a linguistical question. What does “chicken” in “chicken egg” mean? What is chicken? What is in the egg or who laid it?
Is a chicken egg defined as an egg that will grow into a chicken, or as an egg laid by a chicken?