In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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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 taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
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