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Comment by c0balt

1 day ago

It is also the German shorthand name for carton/cardboard.

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anthk  7 hours ago

Same in Spanish. Cardboard.

  • wkat4242  5 hours ago

    Yes but there it's with a C again. And an accent on the o.

    • anthk  5 hours ago

      It still sounds the same for any Spanish speaker. The accent it's just an stress mark. And we use the k for kilos and lots of daily words, such as kiwi or kiosko.

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scotty79  10 hours ago

Same in Polish

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