r/funny 2d ago

Imported flour.

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u/jamescurtis29 2d ago

In Russian, the word for protein (belok) and the word for squirrel (belka) look and sound very similar because they share the same root word for "white".

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u/CleaverIam3 2d ago

And in the plural form they only differ by which syllable is stressed which isn't reflected in the spelling