Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month! Interesting tries from our readers: orange: door hinge, melange (French for mix) purple: hurtle, durple?, turtle month: once, bunth?, hunch
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More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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