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[–] [email protected] 3 points 58 minutes ago

So Elmer Fudd was right all along.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Wait till Biggus Dickus hears of this.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 hours ago

Daughter of the Cornelius Fuscus; was a bit husky, but sweet

[–] [email protected] 25 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

tfw 'v' and 'w' is pronounced the same in your language

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Truly walking in the ways of the ancients 🙏

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

'w' seems to be an invention of the late middleages, though ... not sure how they pronounced 'v' back then in Germany and England, but evidently Germanic writers felt the need for a discinct letter.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Depends on the time period how it was pronounced.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (2 children)

the time stamp says 8:43 PM

[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 hours ago

Ah. Late ewening, then.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I needed that smile after just reading about how a two-year-old was deported.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 hours ago

I had a smile until I read your reply 😢

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
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