fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 7 days agoReptiles meanwhile took to being fully aquatic almost half a dozen times.mander.xyzimagemessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up1404
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minus-squareignirtoq@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up35·7 days ago“Almost half a dozen times” seems like a weird way to say 5.
minus-squarePunnyName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 days ago“Half dozen” just seems like a waste of syllables.
minus-squarexylol@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·7 days agoLike a bakers dozen is 13, a memers dozen is 5
“Almost half a dozen times” seems like a weird way to say 5.
“Half dozen” just seems like a waste of syllables.
Like a bakers dozen is 13, a memers dozen is 5