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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A legend suggests that clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
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The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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The longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!
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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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Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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