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		user982 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The strangest letter of the alphabet: The rise and... "Caesar" was pronounced in Latin with a hard C, which is preserved in German ("Kaiser").

magarnicle 5 months ago [–]

And v is pronounced like w, but people look at you funny if you pronounce vice versa "wikay wersa".

sapphicsnail 5 months ago | [–]

I made someone with a veni vidi vici tattoo when I told him that.

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