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Comment by atomicnumber3

1 day ago

No need to contact the Dutch for this one - I assume it's just "carton" with the C replaced with K

Ah, but the Dutch can get there without indirection which means they're faster than those label-swapping Anglo- and Francophones.

  • French is not Germanic. It's a Romance language, so closer to Spanish, Italian, Portuguese etc

    English, German and Dutch are Germanic.

    • It is a curious fact that grasshoppers have their ears in their legs. Curious, interesting and as relevant to the discourse as the fact that French is a Romance language. Maybe you intended to respond elsewhere in this thread?