I always hated that question due to its ambiguity. Those who state the answer is four legs seem to interpret the question as asking: “Labeling our current language as Language-A, and mentioning a different language Language-B in which ‘leg’ also refers to tails, and keeping in mind that we do not speak Language-B, how many legs does a dog have?”
However, for some reason I first interpreted the question as asking: “Labeling our current language as Language-A, and mentioning a different language Language-B in which ‘leg’ also refers to tails, what is the answer to ‘how many legs does a dog have?’ in Language-B?”
I apologies for both the brevity and ambiguity of these interpretations. However, I doubt that I am the only person who interprets the question in something along the lines of my fashion.
I always hated that question due to its ambiguity. Those who state the answer is four legs seem to interpret the question as asking: “Labeling our current language as Language-A, and mentioning a different language Language-B in which ‘leg’ also refers to tails, and keeping in mind that we do not speak Language-B, how many legs does a dog have?”
However, for some reason I first interpreted the question as asking: “Labeling our current language as Language-A, and mentioning a different language Language-B in which ‘leg’ also refers to tails, what is the answer to ‘how many legs does a dog have?’ in Language-B?”
I apologies for both the brevity and ambiguity of these interpretations. However, I doubt that I am the only person who interprets the question in something along the lines of my fashion.