This (arguably unhelpful) phrase seems to be taught across schools all over the world. What are some other phrases like this that are common ?

      • ryannathans
        2·
        1 个月前

        I know the equation but “hearing” something in your head sounds… weird

        • JWBananas@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          1 个月前

          I’ve been hearing the Donkey Kong song in my head for the last 6 hours. If you know how to make it stop, I’m all ears.

          • ryannathans
            1·
            1 个月前

            Things tend to linger when we don’t understand them or didn’t initially hear them well

            We reprocess them until they make sense

          • ryannathans
            1·
            1 个月前

            Yes, I mean I have 10/10 visualisation/internal hearing/etc but the language denotation of “hearing” something that does not enter your auditory nerve is… odd

      • NaN@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        1·
        1 个月前

        I’ve never seen it with the x equals up front. It works much better when it starts with -b.