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 name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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