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zeroskater123
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i mean realy who thought of it isint it like a fake ham in a can or sompthin why do they call it that why dont they call it sompthin that tastes good like turkey its just kinda wierd and if you no tell me cause i want to no

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Oh, Cenere, you'll like this one. False etymology on Esperanto for spam.

The term spamo (with the o-ending designating nouns) makes sense as "senpete alsendita mesago", which means "a message sent to someone without request".




And would you guys please stop flaming and being ridiculously off-topic. *waves Strop-hammer at you*
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