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I fail to see what they're doing here. Judging by the literal translations, they appear to bear no relation to 'speak of the devil' at all. If someone could provide an explanation it would be greatly appreciated. Cathfolant ( talk) 03:34, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
The variation translating to 'A shame ...' has no dictionary source but there are some forum usage examples (sans diacritics). [1] [2] A more reliable source may be difficult to find. WillIdleAway ( talk) 13:00, 27 October 2018 (UTC)
Somebody's in love with the citation needed tag on this page. M I RITE??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.202.174.2 ( talk) 17:26, 12 March 2019 (UTC)
Invoking WP:TNT, I will take a stab at pruning this tag-bombed page that hasn't seen much work in the years since tagging. Ifnord ( talk) 03:09, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
I think that removing the section containing similar proverbs in other languages is a huge loss for readers. Some material was referenced, some wasn't but is in current conversational use, simply poorly represented in academic works and might require some input from native speakers. Just compared how interesting the page content was before and how dry it looks currently. For those saying that proverbs should strictly contain the word 'devil', you're failing to see the use the proverb itself has on the personification of evil, which is represented differently among different cultures. Finestra9 ( talk) 21:55, 01 November 2020 (UTC)
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I fail to see what they're doing here. Judging by the literal translations, they appear to bear no relation to 'speak of the devil' at all. If someone could provide an explanation it would be greatly appreciated. Cathfolant ( talk) 03:34, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
The variation translating to 'A shame ...' has no dictionary source but there are some forum usage examples (sans diacritics). [1] [2] A more reliable source may be difficult to find. WillIdleAway ( talk) 13:00, 27 October 2018 (UTC)
Somebody's in love with the citation needed tag on this page. M I RITE??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.202.174.2 ( talk) 17:26, 12 March 2019 (UTC)
Invoking WP:TNT, I will take a stab at pruning this tag-bombed page that hasn't seen much work in the years since tagging. Ifnord ( talk) 03:09, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
I think that removing the section containing similar proverbs in other languages is a huge loss for readers. Some material was referenced, some wasn't but is in current conversational use, simply poorly represented in academic works and might require some input from native speakers. Just compared how interesting the page content was before and how dry it looks currently. For those saying that proverbs should strictly contain the word 'devil', you're failing to see the use the proverb itself has on the personification of evil, which is represented differently among different cultures. Finestra9 ( talk) 21:55, 01 November 2020 (UTC)