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minus-squarechristophski@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up73·3 months agoThe chicken egg came before the chicken, as the thing that laid the chicken egg was not quite a chicken
minus-squareBassTurd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·3 months agoI had this exact discussion within the last year. The first egg was a chicken egg. Every subsequent egg was a chicken’s egg.
minus-squareMindTraveller@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoIs a chicken egg defined as an egg that will grow into a chicken, or as an egg laid by a chicken?
minus-squareTartas1995@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·3 months agoThat is a linguistical question. What does “chicken” in “chicken egg” mean? What is chicken? What is in the egg or who laid it?
The chicken egg came before the chicken, as the thing that laid the chicken egg was not quite a chicken
Correct!
I had this exact discussion within the last year. The first egg was a chicken egg. Every subsequent egg was a chicken’s egg.
Is a chicken egg defined as an egg that will grow into a chicken, or as an egg laid by a chicken?
That is a linguistical question. What does “chicken” in “chicken egg” mean? What is chicken? What is in the egg or who laid it?