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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Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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