Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Free gift

Just overheard this conversation between my colleagues:

A: Hey how do you spell "free gift"? It's f-r-e-e g-i-f-t is that right?

B: Wrong.

A: Which part is wrong?

B: The phrase "free gift" is already wrong.

A: Huh? Why?

B: Because "gift" is already free. Why add a "free" infront right?



Yah ah?! Now that struck me. Why do we use the term free gift free gift when a gift, on its own, is already free?

Intersting.

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