The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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A “butt” was a Medieval unit of measure for wine. Technically, a 'buttload' of wine is about 475 liters, or 126 gallons.
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The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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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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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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The longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!
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The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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