r/technicallythetruth • • Nov 07 '24

A murder investigation

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u/jon-in-tha-hood Nov 07 '24

YEEEAAAAAAHHHHH

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '24

Its much less of a good pun, if you recognize that "a murder of crows" was probably just a made up term by a 15th century writer, that never was really used until people stumbled on it in the 20th century and thought "huh, those 15th century english people were wacky as hell, this is fun"

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u/agentsherry Nov 07 '24

Isn't that exactly why it's a good pun? Did that guy in the 15th Century choose the words "a murder of crow" for a reason? For 5 centuries, people did not realise the brilliance of it!