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Also look up the origin of the word Sandwich (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 37 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't know enough Welsh to refute this

[โ€“] [email protected] 59 points 7 months ago

Additional fun fact: "sandwich" is a degraded version of the original Welsh spelling, which is "syynndwrrrccchhchch," and which was originally pronounced "klerb."