The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 4 months ago"Where are you?"lemmy.worldimagemessage-square63linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1image"Where are you?"lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 4 months agomessage-square63linkfedilink
minus-squareThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-24 months agoThat doesn’t mean “where are you” it means “why are you”. That’s why she goes on to say “would a rose by any other name not smell as sweet?” because she’s venting about how, if he didn’t have the family name he has, their love wouldn’t be forbidden.
minus-squaresubtext@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoI thought I remembered it being something else!
minus-squareShinkanTrain@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoEveryone asks wherefore art thou and whence comest thou, but no one asks how dost thou fare 😔
Wherefore art thou?
That doesn’t mean “where are you” it means “why are you”. That’s why she goes on to say “would a rose by any other name not smell as sweet?” because she’s venting about how, if he didn’t have the family name he has, their love wouldn’t be forbidden.
I thought I remembered it being something else!
Everyone asks wherefore art thou and whence comest thou, but no one asks how dost thou fare 😔
Alas…