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minus-squarefibojoly@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoIn French we say something like “one you have is better than two you might get”.
minus-squareBob@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoI would’ve expected the expression to be in French.
minus-squarefibojoly@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-27 months agoHaha! Walked right into that one, didn’t I? It’s : un «tiens» vaut mieux que deux «tu l’auras»
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoBut then no one would be able to understand it.
minus-squareBluesF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoI venture that anyone who speaks French would.
minus-squareskulblaka@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoClearly unfamiliar with the French
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoIs it really a language if you have to have an authority to tell you how to speak the language?
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.
Haha! Walked right into that one, didn’t I?
It’s : un «tiens» vaut mieux que deux «tu l’auras»
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?