While absolutely conceding the synonymous property of the two phrases, I will further confess to never having encountered the francified version, which seems unfair since they had it first.
As a reference source I bristle at Merriam-Webster's citing only four recent examples from current year (2026) and one more from only a year earlier. That's utterly -- nay, actively -- useless to establish provenance or actual etymological information. But that's on par for M-W. Etymonline's result for "petty" was more useful.
A DDG search on '"petit theft" provenance' results was more fruitful, and maybe where your own AFAICT info came from(?):
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Ripe, at or near room temperature, thick enough to hold form and texture, thin enough to yield to bite, so as to provide substance and flavour while not being pulled prematurely from the sandwich in toto.
Welp, TIL. Thank you. :)
While absolutely conceding the synonymous property of the two phrases, I will further confess to never having encountered the francified version, which seems unfair since they had it first.
As a reference source I bristle at Merriam-Webster's citing only four recent examples from current year (2026) and one more from only a year earlier. That's utterly -- nay, actively -- useless to establish provenance or actual etymological information. But that's on par for M-W. Etymonline's result for "petty" was more useful.
A DDG search on '"petit theft" provenance' results was more fruitful, and maybe where your own AFAICT info came from(?):
I'll chalk-up the difference to mutual provinciality and the Atlantic USAian coast's complicated history with the French. ;-)
Twice, even.
And then at the end,
I call horseshit on that last sentence.
Jesus fucking wept.
Food source or at risk of endangerment? Pick an argument.
Ah, I see. Don't bother.
What an absolute waste of bandwidth.
You say that as if you yourself had never worn an onion on your belt, because that was the style at the time.
Just, Look Around You.
You may wish to revisit that postulation. :)
Thank you for this. Cool read!
Not germane. Zurich Insurance Group is not a USian medical insurance company.
It is if you're in America.
Ripe, at or near room temperature, thick enough to hold form and texture, thin enough to yield to bite, so as to provide substance and flavour while not being pulled prematurely from the sandwich in toto.
:)
Please don't post links to video (esp. Youtube) without, at the least, a description of their contents. Thank you
You don't even try, do you?
Have a block, you insufferable trog.
Can't park there, mate.
Not very good at manning if you're afraid of a little scrape. Turn in your card.
Would you expand on that, in the context of previous replies that point out that this is meant as a simplified analogy of the value of one's own time?
How does wealth work? This is not a loaded question.
That's no horse...