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Sep 27Liked by Pallavi Aiyar

Very interesting....For me this realization dawned when I looked at how similar the Italian for numbers 6-10 (sei, sette, otto, novo, dieci) is to Hindi (cheh, saath, aath, nau and dus).

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Fascinating stuff! The chor-chorizo trivia is delicious.

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Sep 27Liked by Pallavi Aiyar

This is interesting!!

I've always wondered why Malabar in Spansih and Portugese means jugglery.

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Beautiful display of global erudition Pallavi; next time I eat chorizo I’ll hold on to my wallet!

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