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skocznymroczny
1605 days ago
Yeah, a fun fact is that the Polish word for Germany (Niemcy) is derived from this. Basically Slavic people couldn't communicate with them, so they were called "mute people" because they didn't speak (our languages).
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is0tope
1605 days ago
Nice, I wasn't aware of that. I always thought "mute" was "niemowny".
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