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To: SunkenCiv
Neandertal? What the H?

Us proud Neanderthal descendants want our H back.

46 posted on 01/29/2015 2:48:41 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

German doesn’t have the ‘th’ sound, so spelling it Neandertal gets English speakers to properly pronounce it.


58 posted on 01/29/2015 7:30:06 PM PST by null and void (The aggregate effect of competitive capitalism is indistinguishable from magic)
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