False friends: resurrection
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Topic: False friends: resurrection
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Subject: False friends: resurrection
Date Posted: April 05 2013 at 14:58
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Since my
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=65053&KW=false+friends" rel="nofollow - original
thread is long forgotten and there's no admin around to reopen
it... Let's give it another try!  "False friends" are words in different languages that sound alike but have totally different meanings. And another funny Polish - English example for a start: "fart' in Polish means "fluke" or "lucky stroke"! ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: April 09 2013 at 03:39
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Rust. In Dutch it means 'Rest'. But, in case of the Iron Lady, we can combine these meanings a bit and say: Rust in Peace. ------------- 
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: April 09 2013 at 03:42
And to continue with prime ministers: "Tusk" is the English word for a large curved tooth but in Polish it is the surname of the prime minister  .-------------
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Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: April 09 2013 at 12:51
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Guardo in Italian means watch, in spanish means keep ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: April 09 2013 at 12:54
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Sod means secret in Hebrew. He is she, who is he! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: April 09 2013 at 14:05
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Rood in English means cross or crucifix, the name Scotish Parliament building is derived from this meaning - Holyrood == Holy Cross.
In Dutch it means the colour red. ------------- What? |
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: June 30 2013 at 09:53
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Another example just came to my mind: "fagot" in Polish (and similarly in German: "Fagott")
means "bassoon", in English "f a g g o t" has a... different meaning... ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: Knobby
Date Posted: June 30 2013 at 10:50
 whoo-yea means penis in Russian.
(This is not a proper game.)
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Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: June 30 2013 at 10:56
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^ Your images don't show up because the forum software removes offensive words from file names in the links.
------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: Knobby
Date Posted: June 30 2013 at 11:05
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I see.
(Its a tin of meatballs.)
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: June 30 2013 at 11:05
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fa**** wristwatch
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Posted By: refugee
Date Posted: June 30 2013 at 11:44
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"Fart" means "speed" in Norwegian. And "smell" means "bang" (noun).
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