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Re:Cities Experiment with Remedy for Poverty: Cash, No Strin... by csunbird on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @11:48AM (#24629266)
I think that was the point my parents were trying to make, since, usually, cheap means bad quality stuff in my native language :)
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Re:Cities Experiment with Remedy for Poverty: Cash, No Strin... by _Microft on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @12:13PM (#24629617)
German has the two words "günstig" and "billig". Both can mean inexpensive but "billig" also has the negative connotation of something being of bad quality.
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