Thread: The 2010s were supposed to bring the ebook revolution. It never quite came.
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Old 01-02-2020, 04:07 AM   #81
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Originally Posted by maddz View Post
Probably because the usual response on being told the price is 'Oh, dear...'
It's probably a "false friend", but I've long assumed there was a connection between the English "dear" in the sense of "expensive" with the German "teuer"
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