• BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    The first line took a while to read. First try I got what could be written as:

    “Sizes of energy drink can pelts, we salute you”

    I mean “drink can pelts” is a weird way to say aluminum

    • dingus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Well, I mean it’s less weird to write “golf ball-sized hail” bcause it’s a rather common way to describe the size of hail. Energy drink cans are cylindrical, so it doesn’t make immediate sense in anyone’s brain in the sentence as a comparison. I’m guessing the author couldn’t think of a common enough spherical item of the right size to compare with. Still, I think hyphens would have immediately fixed the strangeness, like the person below you commented.