The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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