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[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

In French we say something like "one you have is better than two you might get".

[-] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

I would've expected the expression to be in French.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

But then no one would be able to understand it.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

I venture that anyone who speaks French would.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Clearly unfamiliar with the French

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Is it really a language if you have to have an authority to tell you how to speak the language?

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Haha! Walked right into that one, didn't I?

It's : un «tiens» vaut mieux que deux «tu l'auras»

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