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by 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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Nice, I wasn't aware of that. I always thought "mute" was "niemowny".