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isaacfrond • today at 6:16 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

It is nor far-fetched to suppose else is a translated German word because that is exactly what happened. The only question is which German word was is it.


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esperent • today at 7:10 AM

> because that is exactly what happened.

No, it's what the author claims to have happened. I am strongly disputing their thesis as spurious.

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hobo123 • today at 6:27 AM

The only German that makes sense would be

wenn ... dann ... sonst

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