In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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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 "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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