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Re:What do wealthy people buy, that ordinary people know not... by Lio on Monday May 19, 2025 @09:02AM (#44029400)
> Miele is a pretty well known standard french brand no?

Miele are German in fact.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miele

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Re:What do wealthy people buy, that ordinary people know not... by tough on Monday May 19, 2025 @09:12AM (#44029498)
ty fixed that lol sounds frenchy to me (the name tho)
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Re:What do wealthy people buy, that ordinary people know not... by ragazzina on Monday May 19, 2025 @09:35AM (#44029722)
It means "honey" in Italian.
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Re:What do wealthy people buy, that ordinary people know not... by tough on Monday May 19, 2025 @09:39AM (#44029776)
Oh that does make a lot of sense and maps easily to -miel- in Spanish or just -mel- from latin.

I love how similar all latin-based languages look like at the roots

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