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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Shakespeare's works contain first-ever recordings of 2,035 English words, including critical, frugal, excellent, barefaced, assassination, and countless.
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The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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The United States does not have an official language.
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The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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