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Re:German Supreme court: Adblocking and taxing advertisers f... by franciscop on Saturday April 21, 2018 @08:15AM (#16891146)
Wait is "gratis" an actual, common English word? As a Spaniard I thought it was a joke kind of thing or used in extreme cases to differentiate, but that it was not really used in English (it is a common word in Spanish).

Similar to "libre".

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Re:German Supreme court: Adblocking and taxing advertisers f... by guitarbill on Saturday April 21, 2018 @02:07PM (#16892475)
It is extremely uncommon in British, Australian, and American English (as any search engine will show).
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Re:German Supreme court: Adblocking and taxing advertisers f... by monetus on Saturday April 21, 2018 @08:39AM (#16891212)
Its not uncommon in my experience as a native speaker. I feel like the context of gratis is more transactional than the context of free; eg. "Its a free country" makes more sense than "Its a gratis country".
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Re:German Supreme court: Adblocking and taxing advertisers f... by franciscop on Monday April 23, 2018 @09:55PM (#16909248)
Yeah, "gratis" literaly means "free of charge". If you ever see a "gratis country" let me know (;
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Re:German Supreme court: Adblocking and taxing advertisers f... by contoraria on Saturday April 21, 2018 @09:47AM (#16891402)
Because that's not how gratis is used. In analogy to "persona non grata", that would be "America is an acceptable country". It may be gratuitous or gracious, however.
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