Ο Νετανιάχου (5/3/2012):
“Ladies and gentlemen, if it looks like a duck, if it walks like a duck, if it quacks like a duck, then what is it, what is it? ... That’s right, it’s a duck! But this duck is a nuclear duck. And it’s time the world started calling a duck a duck.” (μετά το 1:08')
Η συνηθισμένη έκφραση:
“If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.”
Το πρωτότυπο:
“When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck.”
James Whitcomb Riley (Αμερικανός ποιητής, 1849-1916)
“If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family Anatidæ on our hands.”
Ο Douglas Adams στο Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency
Διάψευση:
“If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck but it needs batteries, you probably have the wrong abstraction.”
Ελληνικά (φτιάξτε τη δική σας παραλλαγή):
Αν μοιάζει με πάπια, περπατάει σαν πάπια, κολυμπάει σαν πάπια και κάνει κουάκ σαν πάπια, δεν αποκλείεται να είναι πάπια.
(Μπορείτε να βάλετε και κάτι άλλο στη θέση του «κουάκ».)
“Ladies and gentlemen, if it looks like a duck, if it walks like a duck, if it quacks like a duck, then what is it, what is it? ... That’s right, it’s a duck! But this duck is a nuclear duck. And it’s time the world started calling a duck a duck.” (μετά το 1:08')
Η συνηθισμένη έκφραση:
“If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.”
Το πρωτότυπο:
“When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck.”
James Whitcomb Riley (Αμερικανός ποιητής, 1849-1916)
“If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family Anatidæ on our hands.”
Ο Douglas Adams στο Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency
Διάψευση:
“If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck but it needs batteries, you probably have the wrong abstraction.”
Ελληνικά (φτιάξτε τη δική σας παραλλαγή):
Αν μοιάζει με πάπια, περπατάει σαν πάπια, κολυμπάει σαν πάπια και κάνει κουάκ σαν πάπια, δεν αποκλείεται να είναι πάπια.
(Μπορείτε να βάλετε και κάτι άλλο στη θέση του «κουάκ».)