eggs are born

[charliedeut]

Bummer. There goes my "no-one-will-get-that-obscure-referece" pleasure.

 

[BobK]

Back with 'hatch' (remember that?), I've just noticed that my 'ambivalent' should have been 'polyvalent'. These three all refer to the same event:

• The hen hatched the egg
• The egg hatched
• The chick hatched

I'm not sure about 'The hen hatched the chick.' It doesn't feel right, although in the figurative sense the object can be the result: 'They hatched a plot'.

b

 

[BobK]

Back with 'hatch' (remember that?), I've just noticed that my 'ambivalent' should have been 'polyvalent'. These three all refer to the same event*:

• The hen hatched the egg
• The egg hatched
• The chick hatched

I'm not sure about 'The hen hatched the chick.' It doesn't feel right, although in the figurative sense the object can be the result: 'They hatched a plot'.

b

PS* Note: I didn't say they meant the same. They refer to the same even but with a different focus.