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by ocdtrekkie 1906 days ago
"Slavic" was the word I was looking for, thank you. I am definitely aware such names are common in a wide geographic area.

I do think there may be an untested theory on whether the support letter's wider base is because of a wider support for RMS, or because by internationalizing the letter in many languages, it did a better job reaching RMS supporters than the open letter did reaching RMS opposers who don't speak English.