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Re:McDonald’s to Exit from Russia by number6 on Monday May 16, 2022 @12:05PM (#31399469)
French is now in bed with russian? Mont dioaux ;)
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Re:McDonald’s to Exit from Russia by chupasaurus on Monday May 16, 2022 @01:04PM (#31400337)
In 19th century, almost every Russian either spoke French fluently, was a priest or couldn't read.
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Re:McDonald’s to Exit from Russia by sorokod on Monday May 16, 2022 @03:25PM (#31402134)
Tolstoy’s “War and Peace” is about 2% French (~40 pages), the language of the Russian aristocracy at the time
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Re:McDonald’s to Exit from Russia by kergonath on Monday May 16, 2022 @01:50PM (#31401009)
France and Russia have been frenemies for a couple of centuries now :)
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