Re: Once upon a time

James Campbell wrote:

> A correspondent recently asked me how one would write 'Once upon a time...'
> in Jameld; as yet, I haven't settled on a suitable idiom.
>
> Are there equivalent expressions in your conlangs (or natlangs, e.g.
> Norwegian «Det var en gang» ['there was a time'])?
In German, one says "Es war einmal...", which more or less literally
translates as "It was once..."

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