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0 pointsHerculePoirot2y ago0 comments

In french academic circles, we use the word "mandarin" to refer to a powerful academic figure.

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Cool. In the UK that's used for powerful civil servants.

Understood it that way in french too.

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0 pointsHerculePoirot2y ago0 comments

In french academic circles, we use the word "mandarin" to refer to a powerful academic figure.

Cool. In the UK that's used for powerful civil servants.

Understood it that way in french too.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse