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roydivision on March 4, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: French court issues damages award for violation of...

Ironically the French language makes the distinction where English doesn't:

Libre - free as in 'You are free to do as you wish.'

Gratuit - free as in 'I’ve got two free tickets for the film.'

input_sh on March 4, 2024 | [–]

I wouldn't call it ironic, I'm pretty sure there's two separate words for free in the vast majority of languages. English is the outlier, not the other way around.

hk__2 on March 4, 2024 | [–]

English used to have "gratis", but it’s not used anymore.

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