Smart or Wise?

I’m not sure myself what the difference is, but here’s something to think about…

I guess there’s something to be said for both answers.

Without looking in a dictionary, how would you define wisdom?

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Reading some early versions of Frazz, I came across this. I don’t need to say much—you know what a mixed metaphor is, right?

I guess this is one way to approach approximation. That rule in the first panel is correct, by the way.

Of course I have to throw in a grammar lesson: That “only” is in the wrong place! It should go before “so.” “…jobs for only so many…”

Remember, “only” goes directly before the word it modifies.

English is mostly uninflected (it doesn’t have many word endings) so word order makes a difference. Here’s a good example; first two panels:

Greek, for example, is heavily inflected, so word order doesn’t matter so much. The endings tell what words connect to each other. In fact they have a literary technique called chiasmus where the first half of a sentence has the parts of speech in the exact opposite order as the second half. You can’t do that in English. I don’t think. Try to do it and submit your suggestion in the comments.

I don’t generally post two consecutive comics, but these are on the same topic. You know these words, right?

Okay, supply some definitions:

Tautology (you caught the “no not” and “unintentional accident,” right?)
Oxymoron
Obfuscation