A 08:37 98-11-18 -0800, Michael Everson a �crit :
>Ar 06:46 -0800 1998-11-18, scr�obh Alain:
>
>> I recently gave one which I think, says everything [ (; ] :
>>
>> ... car la parole est d'argent, mais le silence est d'or
>> --Jean de la Fontaine
>
>Did de la Fontaine originage this? My Yiddish grammar has:
>
> Redn iz zilbern, shvaygn iz gold.
[Alain] :
When was your grammar published?
Yiddish has got some influences from French too.
La Fontaine was born in 1621 and died in 1695.
Alain LaBont�
Qu�bec
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