Maybe this goes in Trope Repair Shop. I'm not sure.
But the page for Thicker Than Water makes references a few times to an alternate interpretation about the "blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb" and well...since when was this the way the phrase is supposed to be interpreted?
The oldest reference I could find to this interpretation is from the 1990's while the other one goes back a lot further*. As far as I can see (im not a historian so I come here to ask) the "covenant" reading is a modern reversal of the origional phrase that Cracked.com popularized in an article.
If someone has any proof that the "real" phrase has the exact opposite meaning of the trope we should leave those notes in but otherwise it seems like another internet legend "fact" that shouldnt be taken for truth over the established meaning.
And again im sorry if this isnt the right place. I don't actually point out trope problems. Well...didn't...before this.
Footnote: Troy Book: "For naturelly blod will ay of kynde Draw vn-to blod, wher he may it fynde" as quoted from the Dictionary of Proverbs
edited 19th Mar '15 8:08:35 PM by Stormthorn
While the breath's in his mouth, he must bear without fail, / In the Name of the Empress, the Overland Mail.
Maybe this goes in Trope Repair Shop. I'm not sure.
But the page for Thicker Than Water makes references a few times to an alternate interpretation about the "blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb" and well...since when was this the way the phrase is supposed to be interpreted?
The oldest reference I could find to this interpretation is from the 1990's while the other one goes back a lot further*. As far as I can see (im not a historian so I come here to ask) the "covenant" reading is a modern reversal of the origional phrase that Cracked.com popularized in an article.
If someone has any proof that the "real" phrase has the exact opposite meaning of the trope we should leave those notes in but otherwise it seems like another internet legend "fact" that shouldnt be taken for truth over the established meaning.
And again im sorry if this isnt the right place. I don't actually point out trope problems. Well...didn't...before this.
Footnote: Troy Book: "For naturelly blod will ay of kynde Draw vn-to blod, wher he may it fynde" as quoted from the Dictionary of Proverbs
edited 19th Mar '15 8:08:35 PM by Stormthorn
While the breath's in his mouth, he must bear without fail, / In the Name of the Empress, the Overland Mail.