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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/CreeperRussS on 2025-11-02 09:39:47+00:00.

Original Title: TIL During WW2, Comache people were enlisted as code talkers, and when translations didn’t exist from English to their native language, they used descriptive words instead. For example, tank was “turtle”, bomber was “pregnant bird”, machine gun was “sewing machine”, and Hitler was “crazy white man”.