Starting in the middle ages, they used to catch ducks and other waterfowl with a special building that was a big trap. (en.m.wikipedia.org)
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…the Mbabaram word for “dog” was in fact dúg, pronounced almost identically to the Australian English word…
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/1236153...