Originally Posted by
KillingMeSmalls
Why do people always say "lowest common denominator" on these threads? In my experience it's a phrase rednecks use to look smarter. I make grammar/spelling mistakes all the time, but things like this just make me cringe.
The lowest common denominator when you're adding 1/4 and 1/3 is 12. What the hell does that have to do with our industry?
Maybe people use it just because it has the word "lowest" in it and it sounds fancy.
It's a figure of speech that says, "the smallest, most basic thing in common between these two (or multiple) things is...."
And that is like the smallest, most basic fractional unit between two fractions -- the LCD.
How is that so difficult to grasp?