Time to change the English language 20th Century History (media.piefed.social)
 
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[–] 4 points 7 months ago

One of Ukrainian variants for translating fantasy races has гном and ґном. (Yes, they sound nearly identical, too) Former is a gnome and latter is a dwarf. IIRC this all stems from (mis) translating Tolkien's dwarves as "gnomes".

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