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[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Gallia est omnis dOwOsa in partes tres, quarum unam incolunt belgae, aliam OwOtani, tertiam OwO ipsorum lingua celtae, nostra galli OwOllantur. Hi OwOnes lingua, institutis, legibus inter se OwOrunt. Gallos ab OwOtanis GarOwOna flumen, a belgis Matrona et Sequana dOwOdit.

[–] Maiq@lemy.lol 43 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Wait till Biggus Dickus hears of this.

[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Daughter of the Cornelius Fuscus; was a bit husky, but sweet

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 31 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

tfw 'v' and 'w' is pronounced the same in your language

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Truly walking in the ways of the ancients 🙏

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

'w' seems to be an invention of the late middleages, though ... not sure how they pronounced 'v' back then in Germany and England, but evidently Germanic writers felt the need for a discinct letter.

[–] einlander@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago
[–] Drusas@fedia.io 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Depends on the time period how it was pronounced.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 68 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

the time stamp says 8:43 PM

[–] zeet@lemmy.world 29 points 2 weeks ago

Ah. Late ewening, then.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I needed that smile after just reading about how a two-year-old was deported.

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I had a smile until I read your reply 😢

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 5 points 1 week ago

Sorry. It's emotional times.

[–] Omegaman@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks ago

So Elmer Fudd was right all along.

[–] unbanshee@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 weeks ago
[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

I beg your pardon - those harrowing victims of an incomprehensible terror were killed by pywocwastic fwow.