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Re:Why the American shoe disappeared and is hard to bring ba... by oblio on Sunday September 19, 2021 @10:13AM (#28584471)
"Sunt prea sărac să îmi permit lucruri ieftine". "I'm too poor to afford cheap things".

Romanian proverb, probably predating Pratchett :-p

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Re:Why the American shoe disappeared and is hard to bring ba... by oriolid on Sunday September 19, 2021 @11:16AM (#28584967)
And in Finnish, "Köyhällä ei ole varaa ostaa halpaa", "A poor person can't afford to buy cheap things"
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