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L'Atlas des expressions
Where the words we repeat come from, and what they first meant.
An interactive directory of 2,727 expressions, proverbs, quotations and jokes from around the world, in 382 languages and dialects, from Antiquity to today. Each entry gives the current meaning, the dated history of the phrase, its place of origin and its level of reliability. The atlas highlights 413 meanings that drifted, such as the French « faire long feu », and 267 misattributed quotations, from Marie Antoinette to Einstein. Explore it on a world map and globe, a timeline and a filterable directory.
- 413 drifted meanings shown side by side: original meaning, current meaning, how it shifted
- 267 misattributed quotations restored to their real author, with the earliest known source
- Equal Earth world map and globe: each entry placed where it was born, with nearby entries
- Timeline by region, from the oldest recorded Sumerian joke to the 21st century
- 249 freely licensed author portraits, each one credited
- Open data for AI: llms.txt, JSON, JSONL, schema and an index readable without JavaScript
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