What was something you were surprised to learn is or isn't unique to your country? (lemm.ee)

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[-] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago

That surprises me as well. Also "taxi." And there are very few languages where the word for "tea" isn't etymologically related to either "te," "cha," or "chai."

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