• morgunkorn
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    1 month ago

    Damn you’re right, I stand corrected!

    The explanation I gave came from my teacher at the university in my linguistics class, better double check everything I guess!

    • lugal@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      I remember one false etymology my historical linguistics teacher tought me at university and it was debunked on r*ddit so I totally feel you

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        Thank you, it’s a good day when I get to learn something new!