@NomeDaBarbarian tweeted this really interesting thread of the ways fairy tales and stories start in different languages. It’s not always just “Once upon a time…” like you may think. These are neat and some are quite poetic:
Here is the “Once upon a time” Wikipedia link.
Source: @NomeDaBarbarian
(via: I steal tweets)
German does also know “Es war einmal”, “Once upon a time”.
I like the one reported by Laura Bohannon in her article “Shakespeare in the Bush” (from the Tiv in West Africa): “Not yesterday, not yesterday, but long ago, a thing occurred.”