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Swedish has the same saying, but it's the other way around ("tala är silver men tiga är guld", literally "talking is silver but silence is gold"). It makes mor
by unwind 8y ago
Swedish has the same saying, but it's the other way around ("tala är silver men tiga är guld", literally "talking is silver but silence is gold").
It makes more sense like that to me, but perhaps the article just got it wrong
- dudul 8y agoNot just the Swedes, the same saying exists in France.
- holstvoogd 8y agoand Holland too
- jacquesm 8y agoAnd Dutch: Spreken is zilver, zwijgen is goud. German: Reden ist Silber, Schweigen ist Gold. And probably many other languages besides. Proverbs are usually not limited to a single language though they may change subtly in translation.
- seba_dos1 8y agoPolish: Mowa jest srebrem, a milczenie złotem.
- jaclaz 8y agoItalian: Il silenzio è d'oro, la parola d'argento.
- blake_himself 8y agoIn English there's 'silence is golden', but, lacks the 'silver' part.
- IshKebab 8y agohttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/speech_is_silver,_silence_is_golden https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/speech_is_silver,_silence_is_...
- ed_balls 8y agoIt seems it exists p much everywhere in Europe, but I always understand it differently than the article implies. It's better to stay silent sometimes than to say something, because it can cause a conflict or hurt someone.