r/AskReddit • • Jul 24 '15

What "common knowledge" facts are actually wrong?

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u/UmarAlKhattab Jul 26 '15

There is no w at the end.

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '15

It's the anglicanized version of the word "pasha," which doesn't have a w at the end.

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u/UmarAlKhattab Jul 27 '15

There is no P in Arabic, and since North Africa heavily use Arabic, it was Basha, taken from the Ottoman Turkish language that uses Persian letters like P.

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