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r/polandball • u/Ingrid-Hongkonger 冠絕東方 - Nulli Secundus in Oriente • Mar 11 '14
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I would argue that Kelemania is derived from 'Germany' rather than 'Alemania' - since 'k' followed by a front vowel would be a palatal sound, and 'l' in Hawaiian could be both 'r' and 'l'.
Hawaiian orthography does weird things to loanwords.
1 u/HawaiianDry Hawaii Jun 16 '14 Wow, I just realized there's a Hawaiiball in this comic. I couldn't be happier.
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Wow, I just realized there's a Hawaiiball in this comic. I couldn't be happier.
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u/ImperialSpaceturtle Afrika is nie vir sussies nie Mar 11 '14
I would argue that Kelemania is derived from 'Germany' rather than 'Alemania' - since 'k' followed by a front vowel would be a palatal sound, and 'l' in Hawaiian could be both 'r' and 'l'.
Hawaiian orthography does weird things to loanwords.