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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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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