2518: "Lumpers and Splitters"
2518: "Lumpers and Splitters"
Title text: Anna Karenina is a happy family lumper and unhappy family splitter.
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- The Snide Sniper
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Re: 2518: "Lumpers and Splitters"
Do any other sites call them that or is it just TvTropes?
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Re: 2518: "Lumpers and Splitters"
According to Wikipedia, the earliest known use of these terms was by Charles Darwin.
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Re: 2518: "Lumpers and Splitters"
The true trend setter.
If you think tough men are dangerous, wait til you see what weak men are capable of.
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Re: 2518: "Lumpers and Splitters"
But even he couldn't see how usage of the terms would... evolve.
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Re: 2518: "Lumpers and Splitters"
If you think tough men are dangerous, wait til you see what weak men are capable of.
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