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mukiha
#1 Posted : Saturday, July 20, 2013 1:05:45 PM
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"You can't have your cake and eat it" doesn't make sense.

That's because it is popularly misquoted.

The correct saying is

"You can't eat your cake and have it"

Obviously!
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Impunity
#2 Posted : Saturday, July 20, 2013 1:14:40 PM
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I hope your account has not been hacked!
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mukiha
#3 Posted : Saturday, July 20, 2013 1:17:11 PM
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Impunity wrote:
I hope your account has not been hacked!


By Ochieng Otani, a.k.a., Philip Ochieng?
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Muheani
#4 Posted : Saturday, July 20, 2013 2:59:53 PM
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mukiha wrote:
"You can't have your cake and eat it" doesn't make sense.

That's because it is popularly misquoted.

The correct saying is

"You can't eat your cake and have it"

Obviously!



mmmmm, if i have my cake, i can eat it. y not?Drool
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butterflyke
#5 Posted : Saturday, July 20, 2013 3:42:06 PM
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C&P from https://public.wsu.edu/~...ans/errors/eatcake.html



The most popular form of this saying—“You can’t have your cake and eat it too”— confuses many people because they mistakenly suppose the word “have” means “eat,” as in “Have a piece of cake for dessert.” A more logical version of this saying is “You can’t eat your cake and have it too,” meaning that if you eat your cake you won’t have it any more. The point is that if you eat your cake right now you won’t have it to eat later. “Have” means “possess” in this context, not “eat.”
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washiku
#6 Posted : Sunday, July 21, 2013 11:10:09 AM
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Lol...as in seriously there is someone who really dont understand this saying or even confuses the meaning?
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Mukiri
#7 Posted : Sunday, July 21, 2013 2:43:57 PM
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washiku wrote:
Lol...as in seriously there is someone who really dont understand this saying or even confuses the meaning?

With this kind of engrich I'd put you top of the listsmile

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jaggernaut
#8 Posted : Sunday, July 21, 2013 3:13:38 PM
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If you eat your cake you still have it - in YOUR stomach.
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Rankaz13
#9 Posted : Sunday, July 21, 2013 3:16:42 PM
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jaggernaut wrote:
If you eat your cake you still have it - in YOUR stomach.


If I met you shortly after you've eaten it, what physical proof would you offer of the existence if that cake?smile
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Mukiri
#10 Posted : Sunday, July 21, 2013 5:08:11 PM
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Rankaz13 wrote:
jaggernaut wrote:
If you eat your cake you still have it - in YOUR stomach.


If I met you shortly after you've eaten it, what physical proof would you offer of the existence if that cake?smile

A smilesmile

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