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[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If water didn’t exist, there’d be no word spelled W-A-T-E-R

[–] TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Fun fact: the word "water" comes from the Proto-Indo-European "wat", which is hypothesized to have roots in the Urheimat expression "wat the fuk?".