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    Depending on the context, mélange can mean variety cf. ‘un mélange de styles’

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      A mix of styles?

      Variété is a French word, meaning variety. If the interpretation used in the screenshot was the intended goal, then that word was available too.

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        Mélange can sometimes be interpreted as a “variety” in a figurative sense, it doesn’t directly translate to “variety” in the way variété does - there is semantic overlap.

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        This is why literature is dying. If it’s not literally, explicitly, no ambiguity at all stated, then it doesn’t exist. Have you never heard of what a pun is? It’s a literal play on words. Twisting them slightly for the sake of a joke.

        People can’t understand this and then they jump on Reddit/Lemmy and have “discussions” where they do the same shit and can’t grasp any nuance or thought deeper than surface level.

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          Maybe. I do read a lot. I’m so happy for my local library. I just don’t like platitudes.