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Just for laughs...

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Papalugy said:
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As someone who minored in German. German has a lot of compound words that are pretty literal. Unterseeboot for submarine. "Under water boat." An ambulance is a Krankwagon or "Sickwagon."

It makes sense that if they didn't know a word they would make up a new compound word. I used to work in a grocery store. It took me forever to figure out that a Danish guy who wanted "shiny paper" actually meant "alluminum foil."
 
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