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freilanzer 6 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: To see is to forget the name of the thing one sees...

I have never heard of the word "Halsen" and I am german. And "fugel" is not Flügel.

lynx23 6 months ago [–]

Well, I guess we're both not really into sailing: https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/halsen

But I agree, fugel is just a botched invention.

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