Oh well. Chacun à son goût, as they say, which means-”
And she stopped me. "Please. Don't translate. It couldn't be phrased as well in English.”
I had been about to say "-which means Jack's son has the gout. (Theodore Sturgeon)

Oh well. Chacun à son goût, as they say, which means-” And she stopped me. "Please. Don't translate. It couldn't be phrased as well in English.” I had been about to say "-which means Jack's son has the gout.

Theodore Sturgeon

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