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A place for raccoons migrating from reddit.

We are allies with the kingdoms of the opossummms, batss, and the birbs.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The Dutch and Portuguese were the most influential early foreigners, and it's "washing bear" in Dutch as well, so they would be the prime suspect.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago

That's true. I think we use German loan words mostly for medical stuff (probably not anymore).