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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Think about it and maybe the pin will drop.
I’ve been pondering the implications of Facebook’s SocialAds announcement and it has created some interesting lines of thought. The moment the pin dropped was when Dave Winer linked to one of his old posts that contains the following money quote: that’s when the whole idea of advertising will go poof, will disappear. If it’s perfectly targeted, it isn’t advertising, it’s information. Information is welcome, advertising is offensive.
www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/2007/11/11/S … xster.aspx
Then the pin dropped and he realised that by having a UK phone number he should have put in the +27 code before the number. Doh! ...
www.theroundhouse.biz/about-us.htm
Atlas was born, and with it, the accolade of being, quite possibly, the country’s best-tressed band – each member of Atlas has a stunning head of hair.
But while the music and style came easy, the name did not. It wasn’t until Ben’s girlfriend gave him an atlas of modern architecture, the pin dropped.
“Atlas” couldn’t be more appropriate.
www.muzic.net.nz/artists/1890.html
Backwards from “you could hear a penny drop”. It is very likely an idiom blend, but eggcornish for all that. Instead of a penny dropping in a slot machine, the pin drops into place in a locking mechanism.
Last edited by DavidTuggy (2008-07-13 16:12:00)
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
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Good observation. It hadn’t occurred to me to look for the other switch.
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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