Amharic WOW
word of the week
Sometimes you are both known and unknown. Obviously, in different senses, otherwise we have a pretty nasty contradiction. This week’s word is አበባ (abeba). This word is found in the name of Ethiopia’s capital city. Sadly, when transliterating it into English, 99% of people mess up and write ababa.
This is dumb for a few of reasons. Number one, e is a supe…
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