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PretzelPirate
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The United States and Israel have launched a major...
You spelled Iraq as "Irak". Is there a meaning to this? I couldn't find a reference but wonder if that's somehow a meaningful spelling.
SSLy
5 months ago
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It's the spelling used by French, German and couple of neighbouring languages.
t-3
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Romanizations are fashion trends rather than any kind of science or real standardized system. Other than those places with Roman-era Latin spellings like Syria, others have dozens of variants.
aucisson_masque
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Yes it's how we write in french.
petre
5 months ago
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Yeah, he's probably French.
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