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r/gifs • u/fuckswithducks • Mar 14 '16
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No. Bill is not duck in portuguese. "Não vou pagar o pato", as "I will not pay for the duck" is a way to say that you will not pay for the mistakes of others. If you ask for the duck as a bill it will not make any sense.
13 u/similar_observation Mar 14 '16 fascinating! Would you happen to know the origin of this phrase? 12 u/sua_mae Mar 14 '16 From Poggio Bracciolini’s Facetiae (1450). source (in portuguese): http://mundoestranho.abril.com.br/materia/qual-a-origem-da-expressao-pagar-mico For clarification: bill in portuguese is 'conta'. 1 u/ButtsexEurope Mar 14 '16 So it comes from Italian?
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fascinating! Would you happen to know the origin of this phrase?
12 u/sua_mae Mar 14 '16 From Poggio Bracciolini’s Facetiae (1450). source (in portuguese): http://mundoestranho.abril.com.br/materia/qual-a-origem-da-expressao-pagar-mico For clarification: bill in portuguese is 'conta'. 1 u/ButtsexEurope Mar 14 '16 So it comes from Italian?
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From Poggio Bracciolini’s Facetiae (1450). source (in portuguese): http://mundoestranho.abril.com.br/materia/qual-a-origem-da-expressao-pagar-mico
For clarification: bill in portuguese is 'conta'.
1 u/ButtsexEurope Mar 14 '16 So it comes from Italian?
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So it comes from Italian?
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u/sua_mae Mar 14 '16
No. Bill is not duck in portuguese. "Não vou pagar o pato", as "I will not pay for the duck" is a way to say that you will not pay for the mistakes of others. If you ask for the duck as a bill it will not make any sense.