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ahoyhere on June 20, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Fish don't know they're in water

The phrase "fish don't have a word for water" (and many permutations thereof) existed before both essays. So it's quite possible that both DFW's speech and Derek's essay have nothing to do with each other.

I'm surprised that no one here knows it.

qeorge on June 20, 2011 [–]

I hadn't heard that form, but I like it. Its almost a reverse snowclone.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowclone

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