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Pewnym substytutem tego rarytasu może być jednak dywan, który basen imituje.
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Być może taki dywan również jest w stanie nas trochę oszukać i wprowadzić do domu świeży powiew mokrej bryzy… oczywiście tylko w naszych głowach.
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Perhaps the Polish dywan=carpet comes from the fact that most Middle Eastern cultures don't use chairs, instead opting to sit on the ground--suitably covered with carpets or rugs?
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But according to my dictionary it's dywan, with a y.
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I have no idea how dywan ended up as carpet, but it might wild guessing here have something to do with designs, that is if your classic divan had woven designs on it ...
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