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[–] Nobody@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’ve always heard English is three languages stacked up and wearing a trench coat.

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 year ago

Two languages stacked up wearing a French coat