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Sentence #2376

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Eldad Eldad November 8, 2010 November 8, 2010 at 3:02:22 AM UTC link Permalink

So, what do you suggest?


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Horus Horus January 20, 2015 January 20, 2015 at 1:57:59 AM UTC link Permalink

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AlanF_US AlanF_US March 9, 2019 March 9, 2019 at 4:12:00 PM UTC link Permalink

I've never heard this idiom in the singular, only in the plural ("The walls have ears"), which already exists as a separate sentence (#2376). It looks like there once might have been a comment about this that has since disappeared. My suggestion would be to reword it as "The walls have ears." (in which case the deduplication script will merge the two sentences) or to simply delete it.


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Eldad Eldad March 9, 2019, edited March 9, 2019 March 9, 2019 at 9:48:53 PM UTC, edited March 9, 2019 at 9:51:41 PM UTC link Permalink

I don't mind changing it to "The walls have ears." and letting the script delete it. However, some of the other sentences are an exact translation of it. I'm not sure what to do with them (they will not be linked anymore).


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Eldad Eldad March 9, 2019 March 9, 2019 at 9:50:59 PM UTC link Permalink

Should we then link all the other sentences to the existing "The walls have ears?"


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AlanF_US AlanF_US March 9, 2019 March 9, 2019 at 10:33:51 PM UTC link Permalink

Another option is just to delete this sentence and let them all remain unlinked. That's the option I prefer, though it has its problems, too.


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Eldad Eldad March 10, 2019 March 10, 2019 at 11:16:36 PM UTC link Permalink

Alan, please feel free to decide what to do with the sentence - either delete it or whatever. I'm not sure what the best option is.


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AlanF_US AlanF_US March 11, 2019 March 11, 2019 at 3:34:13 PM UTC link Permalink

I followed danepo's suggestion. Thanks, both of you.


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Horus Horus March 11, 2019 March 11, 2019 at 4:05:57 PM UTC link Permalink

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Walls have ears.

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The walls have ears.

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The walls have ears.

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