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Comment by mootothemax

4 hours ago

> Germans are Nemci in Russian as well

I wanted to check; are you implying that Russian is not a Slavic language?

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orbital-decay  4 hours ago

No, GP is saying that Russian uses the Latin root for Germans, I'm saying it doesn't. (it does for Germany though: "Germaniya").

  • mootothemax  3 hours ago

    I think I may have fallen victim to a GP midflight edit - I agree with you fwiw, it’s a stone cold fact.

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