Reported dead 2024-02-16 11:22utc, exactly the moment you posted your comment.

huh

Of course the English have the longest spelling. Why write “paz” or “pau” or “pís” when you can add two more letters? Even French did not fuck it up as much.

myoor

That does not sound close. The slavic* word for peace is me-r, “me” as in “me” and “r” is rolling “r”. Mostly everyone can pronounce this correctly.

*Polish (and sometimes others) say “po-ko-i” instead, Ukrainian has a different pronunciation, Latvian (is balto-slavic, I know) adds “-s” at the end.

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