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 budonoseito Pro Member United States budobeyondtechnRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5805 days ago 261 posts - 344 votes  Studies: French, Japanese Personal Language Map | Message 9 of 26 19 May 2011 at 7:09pm | IP Logged | ||
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Makes perfect sense to me. But, we have a lot of these quotes in martial arts.
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| dmaddock1 Senior Member United States Joined 5433 days ago 174 posts - 426 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Esperanto, Latin, Ancient Greek | Message 10 of 26 19 May 2011 at 7:14pm | IP Logged | ||
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I read it similarly to you Splog.
Since the 'best teacher' phrase comes first, and it is a slogan for an actual teacher, it invites the reader to first consider 'teacher' literally rather than metaphorically. If the slogan was "Your last mistake is your best teacher" it would be crystal clear. Also 'last mistake' is so often used idiomatically in the sense of 'final' rather than 'most recent', that that is what first jumped into my mind. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
 newyorkeric Diglot Moderator Singapore Joined 6379 days ago 1598 posts - 2174 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Mandarin, Malay Personal Language Map | Message 11 of 26 20 May 2011 at 3:28am | IP Logged | ||
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I think it's confusing within the context Splog provided. I didn't understand it until I read Jason's post. Without the back story the meaning would be clearer.
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| Keilan Senior Member Canada Joined 5086 days ago 125 posts - 241 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German | Message 12 of 26 20 May 2011 at 6:17am | IP Logged | ||
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It makes sense to me, but only after reading other posters thoughts. :P
If I saw that on a poster without context, I would probably not understand. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Ari Heptaglot Senior Member Norway Joined 6582 days ago 2314 posts - 5695 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Cantonese Studies: Czech, Latin, German | Message 13 of 26 20 May 2011 at 6:45am | IP Logged | ||
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I started to read it like tractor, then when I finished the sentence, I was all "Wait, what?". Then I reread it and it made sense. It's a bit like a garden path sentence ("Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana"). It's a bit funny in that I made a mistake in my first interpretation and then I reread it to find out that mistake is a good teacher.
Had I written it myself, I'd probably have used 'latest'. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Kazen Diglot Groupie Japan japanese-me.com Joined 5328 days ago 96 posts - 133 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese | Message 14 of 26 20 May 2011 at 12:07pm | IP Logged | ||
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Made sense to me on the first read - the thing you can learn the most from is your most recent mistake. Might have got it because I made a stupid error while talking to a cashier today and I'm still kicking myself. :P
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| Declan1991 Tetraglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 6439 days ago 233 posts - 359 votes Speaks: English*, German, Irish, French | Message 15 of 26 20 May 2011 at 2:49pm | IP Logged | ||
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| Cainntear Pentaglot Senior Member Scotland linguafrankly.blogsp Joined 6011 days ago 4399 posts - 7687 votes Speaks: Lowland Scots, English*, French, Spanish, Scottish Gaelic Studies: Catalan, Italian, German, Irish, Welsh | Message 16 of 26 20 May 2011 at 4:45pm | IP Logged | ||
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As a topic title on the forum front page, I understood it first time.
Which isn't to say I would have understood it in context -- if I was thinking about teacher=person, I might have misinterpreted it. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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