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 Adelpa Adelpa March 18, 2018, edited March 21, 2024 March 18, 2018 at 7:44:35 AM UTC, edited March 21, 2024 at 1:29:51 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Let the dictionary of a language be invaded by hordes of foreign ... #12381120 /

Schiller « Pedant » #6370874 @ / ... guter Leader. #8119960 @

„Cakes“ wurde als Keks verschlungen! #10569942 @

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Die Gewalt einer Sprache ist nicht, dass sie das Fremde abweist, sondern dass sie es verschlingt.

added by Adelpa, March 18, 2018
➜ #6795295La force d'une langue ne consiste pas simplement en sa capacité à repousser tout élément étranger, mais au contraire, en sa capacité à l'engloutir et à l'incorporer.

linked by Adelpa, March 25, 2018
➜ #13163427قدرت یک زبان به این نیست که کلمات خارجی را پس بزند، بلکه به این است که آنها را هضم کند.

linked by cojiluc, April 19, 2025