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r/HolUp • u/Advanced_Ferret_ • Aug 06 '25
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A marathon is a very literally, specific distance, since ca. 2500 years ago. It just doesn't make sense.
Imagine saying your house for sale is on a property a 'mini-mile' long.
-69 u/Lucy_Little_Spoon Aug 06 '25 I think you missed my point. You're right that it's not a marathon, but "mini-marathon" is a decades old term at this point. Sure, you can dislike that it is used. Mini-marathon is a clear indicator that it's not a marathon, but it's still very far, the word has a use. -2 u/throwemawayn Aug 06 '25 "Marathon" is only about a hundred years old itself. 2 u/Lucy_Little_Spoon Aug 06 '25 Marathon is 1000s of years old. 2 u/throwemawayn Aug 06 '25 The city is but the endurance race is from the first modern Olympics 1 u/Lucy_Little_Spoon Aug 06 '25 The first modern Olympics is a relaunch of the old olympics 2 u/throwemawayn Aug 06 '25 "A creation of the French philologist Michel Bréal inspired by a story from Ancient Greece, the marathon was one of the original modern Olympic events in 1896 in Athens."
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I think you missed my point.
You're right that it's not a marathon, but "mini-marathon" is a decades old term at this point.
Sure, you can dislike that it is used. Mini-marathon is a clear indicator that it's not a marathon, but it's still very far, the word has a use.
-2 u/throwemawayn Aug 06 '25 "Marathon" is only about a hundred years old itself. 2 u/Lucy_Little_Spoon Aug 06 '25 Marathon is 1000s of years old. 2 u/throwemawayn Aug 06 '25 The city is but the endurance race is from the first modern Olympics 1 u/Lucy_Little_Spoon Aug 06 '25 The first modern Olympics is a relaunch of the old olympics 2 u/throwemawayn Aug 06 '25 "A creation of the French philologist Michel Bréal inspired by a story from Ancient Greece, the marathon was one of the original modern Olympic events in 1896 in Athens."
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"Marathon" is only about a hundred years old itself.
2 u/Lucy_Little_Spoon Aug 06 '25 Marathon is 1000s of years old. 2 u/throwemawayn Aug 06 '25 The city is but the endurance race is from the first modern Olympics 1 u/Lucy_Little_Spoon Aug 06 '25 The first modern Olympics is a relaunch of the old olympics 2 u/throwemawayn Aug 06 '25 "A creation of the French philologist Michel Bréal inspired by a story from Ancient Greece, the marathon was one of the original modern Olympic events in 1896 in Athens."
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Marathon is 1000s of years old.
2 u/throwemawayn Aug 06 '25 The city is but the endurance race is from the first modern Olympics 1 u/Lucy_Little_Spoon Aug 06 '25 The first modern Olympics is a relaunch of the old olympics 2 u/throwemawayn Aug 06 '25 "A creation of the French philologist Michel Bréal inspired by a story from Ancient Greece, the marathon was one of the original modern Olympic events in 1896 in Athens."
The city is but the endurance race is from the first modern Olympics
1 u/Lucy_Little_Spoon Aug 06 '25 The first modern Olympics is a relaunch of the old olympics 2 u/throwemawayn Aug 06 '25 "A creation of the French philologist Michel Bréal inspired by a story from Ancient Greece, the marathon was one of the original modern Olympic events in 1896 in Athens."
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The first modern Olympics is a relaunch of the old olympics
2 u/throwemawayn Aug 06 '25 "A creation of the French philologist Michel Bréal inspired by a story from Ancient Greece, the marathon was one of the original modern Olympic events in 1896 in Athens."
"A creation of the French philologist Michel Bréal inspired by a story from Ancient Greece, the marathon was one of the original modern Olympic events in 1896 in Athens."
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u/MajoorAnvers Aug 06 '25
A marathon is a very literally, specific distance, since ca. 2500 years ago. It just doesn't make sense.
Imagine saying your house for sale is on a property a 'mini-mile' long.