The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
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The United States does not have an official language.
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