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Soheil1 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Lemmin like
Hello
Could I say that 'lemming like obediance' means 'blindly following something'?
Thanks in advance!
Could I say that 'lemming like obediance' means 'blindly following something'?
Thanks in advance!
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Hi, I wouldn't. I don't think of lemmings as 'obedient'. Clive
- Hi, I wouldn't.
- I don't think of lemmings as 'obedient'.
- Clive
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So what's this 'lemming-like obedience'?
He describes in the previous paragram that 'an unspoken rule stated that if your opponent sacrificed a piece, you were duty-bound to capture it,..."
He now says "This lemming-like obedience came to an end with the rise of the first official world champion, Wilhem Steinitz(1836-1900)."
He describes in the previous paragram that 'an unspoken rule stated that if your opponent sacrificed a piece, you were duty-bound to capture it,..."
He now says "This lemming-like obedience came to an end with the rise of the first official world champion, Wilhem Steinitz(1836-1900)."
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Hi,
I guess he thinks of lemmings as 'obedient'. I don't.
The underlying idea, of course, is that you took an offered piece because that was what everyone always did.
Or jumped off a cliff because that was what all the other lemmings di
I guess he thinks of lemmings as 'obedient'. I don't.
The underlying idea, of course, is that you took an offered piece because that was what everyone always did.
Or jumped off a cliff because that was what all the other lemmings di
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CliveI just don't think of this as 'obedience'.Perhaps it's just blindly following the rules, without questioning or thinking.
That's a kind of acquiescence that borders on obedience, not to any authority figure, but to an ingrained tradition or instinct.
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