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A filmmaker and a crooked lawyer shattered Denmark's self-image

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196 points RapperWhoMadeIt | 1 comments | 27 Mar 25 13:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.31s | source
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albert_e ◴[27 Mar 25 15:32 UTC] No.43494713[source]▶
> One out of every two Danes has seen the documentary.

Why not simpler English -- "half of the country has watched it"

Also pendatic aside -- i think "every two danes" is a stretch -- i am sure we can find many instances of "two danes" where both has watched it. Or neither. Some are being born as we speak (write).

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dfawcus ◴[27 Mar 25 15:40 UTC] No.43494790[source]▶
> Why not simpler English -- "half of the country has watched it"

I guess as it was aimed at a British audience, and that is not an uncommon way for us to form such sentences.

If you hadn't mentioned it, I'd not even have noticed it, simply parsing it as "half".

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1. danso ◴[27 Mar 25 15:59 UTC] No.43494990[source]▶
If this were social media, at least 10 people including me would be replying with the Major Hellstrom Sees Three Fingers meme.