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Samuel_Michon
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Why babies in every country on Earth say 'mama'
“Every language has a word for water. In Swahili they call it maji. In Dutch, it's vand.”
‘Vand’ is not an existing word in the Dutch language. The Dutch word for water is ‘water’.
Ives
on May 12, 2013
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"Vand" is apparently Danish for "water". I guess the author isn't very good with languages.
hnriot
on May 12, 2013
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Or, more likely just misread their notes.
Cthulhu_
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Would definitely not be the first person to confuse the Danish and the Dutch, :p
_pvxk
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Because they start with D? They sound so completely different …
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‘Vand’ is not an existing word in the Dutch language. The Dutch word for water is ‘water’.