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No Stupid Questions

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[โ€“] crazyduck@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I once knew a guy called Wayne Triest, which translates to "cry sad" in Dutch

[โ€“] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Funny, isnt tristesse french for sadness? Probably both derived from Latin or something

[โ€“] crazyduck@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago

Ye, same root, quite some overlap between the languages