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317070today at 7:12 AM1 replyview on HN

"Loon" is Dutch for wage. A loan would be "lening", even though "loon" and loan sound exactly the same.


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sscaryterrytoday at 7:37 AM

> not "pay to stay alive"

Focus on this part. (Edit: I consider the choice of words either clumsy or insensitive)

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