• SubArcticTundra
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    10 months ago

    It’s so cute that kangaroo in German is just kangaroo spelt in German

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        10 months ago

        It is and the aboriginal word also means kangaroos or a special kind of kangaroo. I’m sharing is uninspiring fact because there is a myth that a British guy asked “what’s that?” and the answer was “I don’t understand you.” which supposedly sounds like kangaroo. This is wrong. There is a aboriginal language where this would work (hence the myth) but not in the area where this happened (yes, there are many aboriginal languages).