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minus-squarefibojoly@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 year agoIn French we say something like “one you have is better than two you might get”.
minus-squareBob@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1 year agoI would’ve expected the expression to be in French.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoBut then no one would be able to understand it.
minus-squareBluesF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoI venture that anyone who speaks French would.
minus-squareskulblaka@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoClearly unfamiliar with the French
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoIs it really a language if you have to have an authority to tell you how to speak the language?
minus-squarefibojoly@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 year agoHaha! Walked right into that one, didn’t I? It’s : un «tiens» vaut mieux que deux «tu l’auras»
In French we say something like “one you have is better than two you might get”.
I would’ve expected the expression to be in French.
But then no one would be able to understand it.
I venture that anyone who speaks French would.
Clearly unfamiliar with the French
Is it really a language if you have to have an authority to tell you how to speak the language?
Haha! Walked right into that one, didn’t I?
It’s : un «tiens» vaut mieux que deux «tu l’auras»