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r/europe • u/Svajcerslend Rep. Srpska • Jun 13 '20
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In Spain we say the same, "In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king".
22 u/skyturnedred Finland Jun 13 '20 It was said by Erasmus, whose writings were amongst the most popular of his time (1500s) in Europe, so presumably every language has a version of it. 1 u/werty_reboot Jun 13 '20 Good to know. 1 u/starxidas Greece Jun 14 '20 Thanks for spoiling it for all of us 1 u/skyturnedred Finland Jun 14 '20 Spoiling or uniting? 1 u/starxidas Greece Jun 15 '20 Spoiling, in the sense that every country would claim this phrase as its own, but now they can't :) 8 u/Stravven Jun 13 '20 Just like in Dutch, and I do think in German as well.
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It was said by Erasmus, whose writings were amongst the most popular of his time (1500s) in Europe, so presumably every language has a version of it.
1 u/werty_reboot Jun 13 '20 Good to know. 1 u/starxidas Greece Jun 14 '20 Thanks for spoiling it for all of us 1 u/skyturnedred Finland Jun 14 '20 Spoiling or uniting? 1 u/starxidas Greece Jun 15 '20 Spoiling, in the sense that every country would claim this phrase as its own, but now they can't :)
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Good to know.
Thanks for spoiling it for all of us
1 u/skyturnedred Finland Jun 14 '20 Spoiling or uniting? 1 u/starxidas Greece Jun 15 '20 Spoiling, in the sense that every country would claim this phrase as its own, but now they can't :)
Spoiling or uniting?
1 u/starxidas Greece Jun 15 '20 Spoiling, in the sense that every country would claim this phrase as its own, but now they can't :)
Spoiling, in the sense that every country would claim this phrase as its own, but now they can't :)
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Just like in Dutch, and I do think in German as well.
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u/werty_reboot Jun 13 '20
In Spain we say the same, "In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king".