Talk:agree to disagree

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 * Time: 2004-02-21T08:36:17Z - By: w:User:Rrjanbiah - Comment: stub
 * Time: 2004-02-21T10:32:31Z - By: w:User:Chris Roy - Comment: Bolded
 * Time: 2004-03-04T05:40:31Z - By: w:User:RedWolf - Comment: dab American
 * Time: 2004-04-10T00:50:11Z - By: w:User:Henrygb - Comment: What it is used to mean and what it should mean
 * Time: 2004-06-24T17:42:29Z - By: w:User:Maximus Rex
 * Time: 2004-11-02T14:17:06Z - By: w:User:IZAK - Comment:
 * Time: 2004-12-18T19:39:49Z - By: w:User:Edward - Comment: i don't think the phrase is particularly North American
 * Time: 2005-03-13T07:11:42Z - By: w:User:Ellywa - Comment: robot Adding:nl
 * Time: 2005-03-13T22:04:43Z - By: w:User:R3m0t - Comment: whitespace
 * Time: 2005-03-14T02:33:38Z - By: w:User:Ceyockey - Comment: nomination for move to Wiktionary; it is true that this could be expanded to include the entire psychology of the matter, but I feel the present content would be better set in Wiktionary
 * Time: 2005-03-14T04:18:19Z - By: w:User:Ceyockey

RFD discussion: December 2019–March 2020
I don't speak Dutch but it appears that all of these quotes are directly quoting from English, including other English words. DTLHS (talk) 05:01, 24 December 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete. The last three quotes clearly indicate this is code-switching by putting the phrase between quotation marks. In the first, remaining one this is not so immediately obvious, but that is because it is a record of spoken text, and in speech one cannot employ the usual typographical clues for code switching. --Lambiam 10:42, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete, code-switching. Canonicalization (talk) 11:49, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete. HeliosX (talk) 09:34, 29 December 2019 (UTC)


 * RFD-deleted. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 23:17, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

More cites
There's just no proper Dutch term for it, so we need to explain in English what we mean: Alexis Jazz (talk) 21:03, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
 * I can likewise find many cites of get your act together in Dutch texts. I could go on with other phrases, such as is everybody happy?. Maybe there is no proper Dutch term for this either, yet IMO it is still code switching. --Lambiam 21:37, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Lambiam, the question is, are English terms becoming Dutch or are the Dutch becoming English. Code switching could technically be correct, but the Dutch do it an awful lot.IMHO, if you'd look at every text that describes "agree to disagree" (not that you could, especially as there is no obvious translation) and a considerable amount uses the English words, it's a loanword. I think get your act together would often be described as "maak wat van jezelf", "zet jezelf terug op de rails", "ontplooi jezelf", "krijg je leven op orde", etc. When describing the concept of agree to disagree though, we have few viable alternatives. Alexis Jazz (talk) 01:33, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
 * One might decide een meningsverschil te laten rusten. --Lambiam 03:57, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

agree to differ
Isn't agree to differ a variant? --Backinstadiums (talk) 11:15, 26 December 2020 (UTC)