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[trochee]

It's easier to get forgiveness than persimmons.

[Update: this was a typo for a related phrase that I thought was so marvelous that I'd make a livejournal post. But yes, I do like persimmons. And they're in season right now.]

Comments

[sixty4k.livejournal.com]

I've got some persimmons if you'd like one. :)

[bicoastal.livejournal.com]

You're crazy. At my farmer's market right now, I can't get anything BUT persimmons.

[boobirdsfly.livejournal.com]

Such a lovely word... persimmons...
isn't it?

[trochee.livejournal.com]

heh. it was an early typo for "permission". And I thought it was such a marvelous error that I kept it.

[boobirdsfly.livejournal.com]

And what sparked the original quote?

[trochee.livejournal.com]

I was discussing giving a section of a corpus of spoken English to a colleague so she could use it in her research.

[q-pheevr.livejournal.com]

If you follow this simple algorithm, you will see that it is, in fact, at least as easy to get persimmons as forgiveness:

1. Steal persimmons.
2. Voice contrition.
3. Repeat.

It should be obvious that this procedure will gain you persimmons on every iteration, but forgiveness only some of the time. Furthermore, I expect that as the procedure is repeated, the forgiveness:persimmons ratio will decrease rapidly, particularly if it is carried out in a relatively small area.