Reality Check
In today’s story, with his signature humour, Lincoln revealed a deeper truth about labels and reality.
Abraham Lincoln once asked an audience how many legs a dog has if you count the tail as a leg.
When they answered “five,” Lincoln corrected them, saying, “The answer is four. O facto de chamarem pata à cauda não faz dela uma pata.The fact that you call the tail a leg does not make it a leg."
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Abraham Lincoln perguntou uma vez a uma quantas tem um se contarmos a como uma pata.Quando responderam "cinco", Lincoln -os, dizendo: "A resposta é quatro. O de pata à cauda não faz dela uma pata."
Abraham Lincoln once asked an audience how many legs a dog has if you count the tail as a leg.When they answered “five”, Lincoln corrected them, saying, “The answer is four. The fact that you call the tail a leg does not make it a leg.”
Today's vocabulary
👫 Plateia [femin. noun]: Audience🐾 Pata [femin. noun]: Paw, animal leg🐶 Cão [masc. noun]: Dog🐒 Cauda [femin. noun]: Tail🖊️ Corrigir: To correct🔍 Facto [masc. noun]: Fact 🗣️ Chamar: To call
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