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Iliveonsaturdays@sh.itjust.works to Mildly Interesting · 2 years ago

In an extinct Australian Aboriginal language, Mbabaram, the word for "Dog" is almost exactly the same as the English word for "Dog". The similarity is a complete coincidence.

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In an extinct Australian Aboriginal language, Mbabaram, the word for "Dog" is almost exactly the same as the English word for "Dog". The similarity is a complete coincidence.

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Iliveonsaturdays@sh.itjust.works to Mildly Interesting · 2 years ago
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…the Mbabaram word for “dog” was in fact dúg, pronounced almost identically to the Australian English word…

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    That’s what they want you to think.

    That’s what they want you to think.

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