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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://udongein.xyz/objects/db9b7522-2d33-4e17-ad78-b3c507ab3364">LisPi (lispi314@udongein.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 09-Mar-2025 18:40:29 JST</a><a href="https://udongein.xyz/users/lispi314" title="lispi314@udongein.xyz"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/209694-48-20231106080216.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="LisPi" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">LisPi</a><div><a href="https://freesoftwareextremist.com/objects/e5b19dbb-ec7f-4af4-b2ee-095459449b7a" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a><ul><li><li><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/user/274443" title="david@blob.cat">david [blobcat]</a></li></ul></div></section><article><a href="https://freesoftwareextremist.com/users/Suiseiseki">@Suiseiseki</a> <a href="https://blob.cat/users/david">@david</a> It does.<br><br>"Free" as "free of cost" (i.e. gratis) is very common parlance.<br><br>Russian doesn't have this issue. Ukrainian doesn't have this issue. Neither does Polish. Nor French.<br><br>It's just English doing it wrong.</article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4700597#notice-9204588">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-03-09T18:40:29+09:00" title="Sunday, 09-Mar-2025 18:40:29 JST">about a day ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://udongein.xyz/objects/db9b7522-2d33-4e17-ad78-b3c507ab3364" rel="external" title="Sent from udongein.xyz via ActivityPub">udongein.xyz</a></span></span><a href="https://udongein.xyz/objects/db9b7522-2d33-4e17-ad78-b3c507ab3364">permalink</a></footer></blockquote>

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LisPi (lispi314@udongein.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 09-Mar-2025 18:40:29 JSTLisPi
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@Suiseiseki @david It does.

"Free" as "free of cost" (i.e. gratis) is very common parlance.

Russian doesn't have this issue. Ukrainian doesn't have this issue. Neither does Polish. Nor French.

It's just English doing it wrong.
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