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 onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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China has more English speakers than the United States.
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There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month! Interesting tries from our readers: orange: door hinge, melange (French for mix) purple: hurtle, durple?, turtle month: once, bunth?, hunch
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"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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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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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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