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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

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[–] gramie@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The total number of birds is actually only 23:

7 swans 6 geese 4 calling birds 3 French hens 2 turtledoves 1 partridge

[–] criitz@reddthat.com 55 points 2 years ago (2 children)

But each day repeats the previous days birds

[–] gramie@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 years ago

I never thought of each day including a completely new set of all the previous ones.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I always assumed it was just a recap. Why would you keep giving someone the same thing over and over?

[–] Vash63@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

No, it's pretty clear grammatically. "On the second day of Xmas my true love gave to me x AND y". That doesn't mean she got Y the day before.

[–] MBM@lemmings.world 8 points 2 years ago

Maybe the singer refuses the gift every time, so their true love keeps adding more

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The "and" is always before the last item, the partridge in a pear tree, because it's at the end of the items that are being listed off. The singer is saying what they got that day and then recapping what they now have in total.

It can be interpreted the other way, of course, but I prefer this way because it just makes more sense. Hard enough to give someone 50 people compared to 140!

[–] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Artyom@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's the only interpretation of the song that makes any sort of sense. Which brings the total up to 364.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

78 birds in total. They're all birds

First day of Christmas: 1 partridge in a pear tree

Second day of Christmas: 2 turtledoves

Third day of Christmas: 3 French hens

Fourth day of Christmas: 4 calling birds (blackbirds)

Fifth day of Christmas: 5 golden rings (pheasants)

Sixth day of Christmas: 6 geese a-laying

Seventh day of Christmas: 7 swans a-swimming

Eighth day of Christmas: 8 maids a-milking (magpies or cattle egret)

Ninth day of Christmas: 9 ladies dancing (lapwings)

Tenth day of Christmas: 10 lords a-leaping (cuckoos)

Eleventh day of Christmas: 11 pipers piping (sandpipers)

Twelfth day of Christmas: 12 drummers drumming (ruffled grouse)