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Etymological Maps of Europe

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Douglas Griffin 05 Nov 2013
Saw this on Twitter earlier - very interesting:
http://imgur.com/a/iVK8a#HHtHenf
 JJL 05 Nov 2013
In reply to Douglas Griffin:

They should do one for "taxi"
Douglas Griffin 05 Nov 2013
In reply to JJL:

Heh.

Amongst other things, you can see the Asiatic origins of Hungarian - see the words for 'apple' and 'beer'.
 ablackett 05 Nov 2013
In reply to Douglas Griffin: Interesting to see the english word for "bear" is "cucumber".
 Andes 06 Nov 2013
In reply to ablackett:
Yes it's a big problem.... they're always putting grizzly bears in the salad counter at our local co-op.
 mwr72 06 Nov 2013
In reply to Douglas Griffin:

Funny how most things in Syria have the same name "Scale 1:6.000.000".

<Gets coat>
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