#the pungent red herring would be dragged along a trail until a puppy learned to follow the scent.[15] Later | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs | Tumgik

#the pungent red herring would be dragged along a trail until a puppy learned to follow the scent.[15] Later

brilliantfantasticgeronimo · 3 months

Text

that time when u think u made a connection but it was actually just mishearing a word / misunderstanding a noun. ESL struggles.

#i was gonna be like ah-ha!!! they're red ropes because of red herrings!!!!!!!#bc i *always* thought 'red herring' had something to do. etymologicaly. with strings. for some reason??#and i looked it up. no. rip. it's just a type of fish.#(although funnily enough. .... it comes from a type of fish that was used to train........... hounds. aka dogs.)#There are variations of the story #but according to one version #the pungent red herring would be dragged along a trail until a puppy learned to follow the scent.[15] Later #when the dog was being trained to follow the faint odour of a fox or a badger #the trainer would drag a red herring (whose strong scent confuses the animal) perpendicular to the animal's trail to confuse the dog.[16] T #(from wikipedia)#it's giving theory king/queen/royalty ->#sutekh #dw meta

5 notes · View notes

Last Seen Blogs

adequacie-blog

яσѕα ℓιη∂α . ⁽ᵃᵘᵗᵒᵖᶫᵃʸ⁾

gesturehollywood

Untitled

andre09boh

Senza titolo

megahertzzzz

hey

rinneganeyes

akatsuki