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ENGLISH WORDS THAT HUMOROUSLY MEAN SOMETHING ELSE IN OTHER LANGUAGES

Added on: 2nd Oct 2016

 

HAMMER

Hammer

Also in German, this means “awesome” i.e. Das ist so

hammer! (That is so awesome!)

 

 

MIST

Mist

Yet again in German, this means “manure”.

 

 

OHIO

Ohio

If you say this to a Japanese person they will

understand “good morning”

 

 

PET

Pet

In French this means “fart”. So when you go to

Paris, be careful when talking about your pets.

 

 

BARF

Barf

In Hindi, Urdu, and Farsi, this means “snow”

 

 

EAGLE

Eagle

If you say “eagle” in German, it sounds like the word for

“hedgehog”.

 

 

NO

No

In Polish, Czech and some other Slavic languages

this can actually mean “yes”.

 

 

LOL

lol

It actually means “fun” in Dutch. So “we hebben lol”

translates to “we are having fun”.

 


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