In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
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Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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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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Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
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