Talk:who knows
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Rfd-sense "A rhetorical question asked to express the idea that anything is possible or that anything could happen.", as it is redundant to the first sense "A rhetorical question asked to show that the person asking it neither knows the answer nor knows who might." --WikiTiki89 17:09, 15 December 2015 (UTC)
- The "anything is possible" version is more comprehensive, delete the other one. Siuenti (talk) 21:01, 15 December 2015 (UTC)
- What do you mean by "more comprehensive"? They both attempt to say the same thing in different ways. Furthermore, the "anything is possible" one incorrectly implies that anything is possible (when you say "Who knows where that's been." you are not saying that it is possible for pigs to fly.). --WikiTiki89 21:21, 15 December 2015 (UTC)
- Keep I think they express two different tones. In the second sense, it's more a sarcastic way of saying that you're fairly sure something will happen. If I say "He's failed every test so far, but who knows, perhaps this is his lucky day", I'm not really saying I don't know whether he'll pass but heavily hinting that I think he won't. Smurrayinchester (talk) 15:11, 18 December 2015 (UTC)
- Keep, more or less per Smurrayinchester. bd2412 T 15:19, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
- Kept: Purplebackpack89 15:25, 5 February 2016 (UTC)