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[-] captcha@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 1 points 15 hours ago

This is what I heard about the English variant, too. I wonder if "prove = test" is grounded in research, or just folk etymology like "the mall = a place to visit them all" or "news = North East West South" (both are wrong, but the news is quite old and may have had influence on new becoming news)

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