@boem@lemmy.world to Books • 9 months agoThe riverbank booksellers of Paris refuse to move for the 2024 Summer Olympicsenglish.elpais.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1280arrow-down13cross-posted to: fiction@literature.cafe
arrow-up1277arrow-down1external-linkThe riverbank booksellers of Paris refuse to move for the 2024 Summer Olympicsenglish.elpais.com@boem@lemmy.world to Books • 9 months agomessage-square21fedilinkcross-posted to: fiction@literature.cafe
minus-square@beta_testerlink-6•9 months agoThey want to relocate only a fraction of the stands, not all of them. It doesn’t sound like they want to get rid of them
minus-square@TropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink38•9 months agoIt always starts this way. Fuck the Olympics.
minus-squareSilkenTofulinkfedilink18•9 months agoIf by only a fraction you mean over half then I suppose you’re technically not incorrect…
minus-squaresnooggumslinkfedilink3•9 months agoHell, 3/2 is a fraction. I know the saying is implying it is a small fraction, but I really hate the saying because it is so vague. Like pennies on the dollar, it could mean 200 pennies and be technically correct!
They want to relocate only a fraction of the stands, not all of them. It doesn’t sound like they want to get rid of them
It always starts this way.
Fuck the Olympics.
If by only a fraction you mean over half then I suppose you’re technically not incorrect…
Hell, 3/2 is a fraction.
I know the saying is implying it is a small fraction, but I really hate the saying because it is so vague. Like pennies on the dollar, it could mean 200 pennies and be technically correct!