The title buries the lead: rabbits executing hunters in the Smithfield Decretal illustrations. Seems British humour has a tradition at least to the 14th Century.

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dingdongditchme 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

How is that an example of burying the lead? (I presume lede is the correct spelling, but burying lead for others to find in their drinking water amuses me.)

EDIT: saw the picture and yes. That certainly was catchy, but I the hn title is missing the subtitle: "until the black death made them commonplace".

	▲	card_zero 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		More of a venison issue. Lede evolved from lead to avoid exactly this confusion, sometime last century.

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Terr_ 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

*lede, since we are already in academic language-and-culture details territory.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/bury-the-lede-versu...

	▲	wongarsu 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Though lede is just a variation of the word lead to get a unique word for the leading section of an article. As long as we all agree that it's pronounced like in leading and not like the metal the difference in spelling doesn't feel significant