{"id":6787,"date":"2023-07-10T10:00:12","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T10:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/?p=6787"},"modified":"2023-07-10T10:02:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T10:02:23","slug":"by-chance-by-coincidence-by-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/en\/uncategorized\/by-chance-by-coincidence-by-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"By chance, by coincidence, by accident &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:27% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Bournemouth-beach-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6788 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Bournemouth-beach-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Bournemouth-beach-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Bournemouth-beach-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Bournemouth-beach-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Bournemouth-beach-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I hope you are surviving the heat! I am so happy to be in the UK where I can enjoy the cooler temperatures by the sea (here&#8217;s a photo of Bournemouth beach). Now this week, I thought I would try and explain the difference between \u2018by chance\u2019, \u2018by coincidence\u2019 and \u2018by accident\u2019 \u2026 hmmmm \u2026 where shall I start? In German, it\u2019s easy \u2013 zuf\u00e4llig, zuf\u00e4llig and zuf\u00e4llig&nbsp;\ud83d\ude0a&nbsp;so no wonder it is difficult to understand the difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I looked it up and found in a blog reply, \u201cBy chance is having a possibility. By coincidence is something that happened unexpectedly but there was no connection before the incident. By accident is unexpectedly and unintentionally.\u201d Does that help? Probably not \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is probably best to give an example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few years ago, we were flying to England during the World Cup and&nbsp;<strong>by chance<\/strong>&nbsp;looked out of the window at the airport and saw that Lufthansa had renamed their planes Fanhansa (a random possibility).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When we got to the departure lounge, we saw our nextdoor neighbours who&nbsp;<strong>by coincidence<\/strong>&nbsp;were flying to England on the same plane (no connection before incident).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When we were returning to the airport, my late husband missed the motorway exit&nbsp;<strong>by accident<\/strong>(unintentional but could have something to do with a late night at the pub the night before&nbsp;\ud83d\ude0a.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other examples of coincidences are when my hairdresser and I were both wearing a long black skirt at my appointment last week and we never wear black skirts \u2026 and when two students of mine came to work wearing nearly exactly the same outfit \u2026 you get the idea?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hope that helps \u2026 and don\u2019t complain \u2026 I have to cope with the same German word having two different meanings depending on which article you use (e.g. Stift and Leiter) when I have trouble with articles anyway \u2026&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And for those of you interested in English literature, Thomas Hardy didn\u2019t believe in chances and coincidences but in supernatural powers, but we won\u2019t go down that road \u2026<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hope you are surviving the heat! I am so happy to be in the UK where I can enjoy the cooler temperatures by the sea (here&#8217;s a photo of Bournemouth beach). 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