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