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dictionary.com represent (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by hypnotoad__@lemmy.ml to c/futurama@lemmy.world

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[–] DragonAce@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Actually no. That quote is from the bible.

Zapp's quote is "The spirit is willing, but the flesh is spongy and bruised."

[–] herpderpedia@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's also not dictionary.com. It's very clearly Merriam-Webster. OP got nothing correct.

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Where do you think the bible got it from?

[–] StarManta@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The original Klingon of course

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

The King James Tiberius Kirk Version is a better translation than most. Even keeps the line about beating bat'leths into ploughshares with the original context to show it as a shameful act.

[–] plumbus@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Hmm

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/the_spirit_is_willing_but_the_flesh_is_weak

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