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Comment by elric

9 days ago

It's how you would pronounce it if it were Latin. In which case it would mean "feet". Maybe that's not what inspired the name.

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kaszanka  9 days ago

Also in Polish, which would mean "dog".

dash2  9 days ago

I think the Latin for feet would be "pedes", singular "pes".

  • hulitu  8 days ago

    Romanes eunt domum.

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