• thedirtyknapkin
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    5 days ago

    haha, we have the exact same phrase in the states. not even just similar, it’s literally called an elephant race here too.

    makes me wonder what country started it. or maybe they just look so much like elephants racing that multiple languages have like convergent linguistics.

    like carcinification but for the phrase “elephant race”

    • RedSnt 👓♂️🖥️@feddit.dk
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      3 days ago

      When I looked up the article on wikipedia I found it in my language as well (Danish) but I’ve never really heard it said out loud. To be fair, I don’t drive at all, so that’s probably a big reason as to why.