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Re:Jonathan Smith walks free after 21 years of wrongful impr... by thaumasiotes on Thursday April 22, 2021 @04:03AM (#26900090)
The literal meaning is "what for what?".
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Re:Jonathan Smith walks free after 21 years of wrongful impr... by fouuler on Thursday April 22, 2021 @05:06AM (#26900498)
Not really. quid/quod can mean `what' or `something'. Here it clearly means `something'.
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Re:Jonathan Smith walks free after 21 years of wrongful impr... by mettamage on Thursday April 22, 2021 @04:19AM (#26900201)
So kind of like a "something for something" ?
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