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romanoderoma
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CAPTCHAs don’t prove you’re human – they prove you...
"Identify which country calls them vasistas because Germans used to ask "was ist das?" from a smaller aperture on the door before opening the actual door"
codethief
on Nov 27, 2020
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For anyone else who didn't know about this:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vasistas
isbvhodnvemrwvn
on Nov 27, 2020
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Semi-related- in Poland when you speak about something you don't know the name of you often call it "wihajster" (Wie heißt er?)
framecowbird
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To be fair to the Americans, it seems like the word originated in France
throwaway894345
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As an American, I’ve never heard of this word. Strange stereotype.
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