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OptionOfTyesterday at 2:23 AM2 repliesview on HN

Vergif.

I don't know how you get from 'ver' to badly compressed.

(And I'm a native Flemish speaker, but living in the USA for 8+ years, so I barely, if ever speak it).


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tharkun__yesterday at 3:20 AM

Remove Ver, add t and you got German: Gift

Vergiftet would be past tense.

Funny that in English gift is a word but entirely different meaning.

Languages are fun, especially in Europe where they're all different but all so related but everyone does not want to admit it.

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bruce343434yesterday at 11:54 AM

In NL, just 'gif' is sufficient