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grzm on Nov 26, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Fidel Castro has died

Likely carried from another language, e.g., https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simbabwe

Similarly Ruanda/Rwanda

chirau on Nov 26, 2016 [–]

granted :) my mistake, overlooked that possibility

matt4077 on Nov 26, 2016 | [–]

No, it's quite alright – I should be writing in English. I do manage to, in general. But these "almost, but not quite, entirely unlike my native language"-words sometimes trip me up.

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