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by prohor 3383 days ago
In Poland there were many people killed, potentially due to a coma (,). A court process of the pacification of Wujek [1] was mainly whether a response to question "Should we shoot?" was "No, wait for orders" or "Don't wait for orders" (in Polish less difference "Nie, czekajcie na razkaz" vs. "Nie czekajcie na rozkaz"). This was really a ruining life of many just by one coma.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacification_of_Wujek

2 comments

I'm learning polish and every sentence is basically one letter away from disaster.
Not sure if clever joke, or irony.

(The lower-case 'P' in Polish)

This is why Poland cannot into space.
This seems to be a common running joke in some countries. The same story is also told in Estonia ("Hukata, mitte ellu jätta" vs "Hukata mitte, ellu jätta").