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by falsedan 2665 days ago
> it’s typically accepted grammar to use “fatted” as in a “fatted pig”

no it ain't, it's extremely out-of-mode

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Really though, fatted is the word; and in this context, it is the more direct translation of gras.
literal translations are inhuman. write what your audience will understand, not what the isomorphic pair based on linguistic common ancestor is

unless being right is more important than communicating effectively