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| Apr 3, 2017 at 10:27 | comment | added | KyloRen |
@EdwinAshworth, but that is the crux of this situation, correct me if I am wrong, but doesn't the English language rely heavily on context? I guarantee we would not be having this discussion if something was just labeled a duplicate and nothing else. So, the question I ask, can you answer this question Can a “duplicate” predate its twin? without context?
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| Apr 3, 2017 at 10:07 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | @KyloRen 'This question has been asked before and already has an answer.' is obviously broad-brush and not always accurate, as you point out. We're discussing the question 'Can a “duplicate” predate its twin?' here. | |
| Apr 3, 2017 at 2:01 | comment | added | KyloRen |
In the context of being a dup on SO, it states down the bottom of the question marked duplicate, This question has been asked before and already has an answer. How can it already have answers if the question it is being linked as a duplicate will not been asked for another year?
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| Apr 2, 2017 at 21:43 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | Context is as always paramount. On ELU, 'duplicate' almost always means 'original. of which this is an exact or very close copy'. When showing a blackmail victim compromising photographs, 'duplicates' means 'not the originals, which I've left with reliable acolytes who will phone me in three hours'. In other contexts, most usually the 'not the originals' sense. | |
| Apr 2, 2017 at 20:36 | comment | added | michael.hor257k | But we do give credit for being first when two songs resemble each other, for example. | |
| Apr 2, 2017 at 17:36 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | @marcellothearcane: Nor me. I used to collect coins, but any duplicates there would always have the same date anyway. I've still got over a hundred 1912H pennies (H = minted by Heaton under contract, 'cos the Royal Mint couldn't make enough that year), but they're all hopelessly worn and prolly not even worth their (defunct) face value. | |
| Apr 2, 2017 at 17:25 | history | edited | FumbleFingers | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 2, 2017 at 17:21 | comment | added | marcellothearcane | Perfect example. You'd probably go through and remove the lower quality, worn-out, older stamps (I don't know, I'm not an philatelist) | |
| Apr 2, 2017 at 17:01 | history | answered | FumbleFingers | CC BY-SA 3.0 |