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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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[-] zzzz@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

The similarity is a complete coincidence.

That's what they want you to think.

[-] Downcount@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

That's what they want you to think.

That's what they want you to think.

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