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The Fit and Fashion of Language

20th

Nov. × ’09

By Sarah

I once compared Spanish to a worn pair of jeans and French to a starched tuxedo, and I think the comparison still holds. Maybe it all comes down to those r’s. Like that one beloved pair of jeans, the one that hugs you where you want, cedes when you need it to and knows the curves [...]

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