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2006-10-19 21:06:01 · 13 answers · asked by Elle 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
1."chere" in french meaning dear is the said the same as share and in mandarin "share share" (phoenetic spelling) means thankyou.
2."belle" in french meaning beautiful in french is pronounced the same way as bell.
3."faire" in french meaning to do is pronounced the same as fair.
4."bras" (pronounced bra) in french means arm
5."cinq" (pronounced sunk) in french is the number 5
6."gauche" meaning left (as in the opp. of right) in french is pronounced the same as gosh7.the word "neigh" has the same pronounciation as the word for yes in greek
8."huit" (pronounced wheat) in french is the number 8
thats all i can think of at the moment
2006-10-19 21:22:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
How about the SAME language, different countries?
The British word for cigarette is the US word for homosexual. It is banned on this site. Three letters, starts with "f" and ends with "g."
Both are English...
2006-10-19 23:25:06 · answer #2 · answered by bundjean 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
nova in english is the name of a car model, also defines the death of a star. In Spanish no va means no go. Not really the same word, but in mexico it created quite a stir.
2006-10-19 21:10:41 · answer #3 · answered by doktordbel 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
ELF in English is a mythical creature, and in German is the number 11
2006-10-19 21:15:50 · answer #4 · answered by Jon B 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Coy in english it means to be sly or shy or to avoid talking about. But in thai its means male genital part.
numy numy in english is what we tell our kids to tell them something is very good. In japanese it means the male genital parts.
He in english means him or male. In thai it means female parts.
"Now Kill Your Soup" in english means to kill your soup. In thai it means ashtray. Of course its spelled different but thats how you say it.
I'm a military member and have been around a few places but its funny they only teach me the bad words.
Douch in english means to clean out your women parts with water. In german it means shower.
2006-10-19 21:18:28 · answer #5 · answered by Stephanie K 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cookie means something else in other languages, but I'm not gonna say it here.
2006-10-19 21:18:52 · answer #6 · answered by Smartypants 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
WAR in English means FIGHTING
WAR in Hindi means WEEK
2006-10-19 21:18:17 · answer #7 · answered by ansrta 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
we used to have a joke in greece when younger, you ask someone to tell you the phrase in english " tea sleep for us?" well in greek that question asks "what kind of underwear are you wearing?" tea=what, sleep= underwear, for us= wear (you, for o =wear (me) other words well the word "moon" with an "i" at the end is the female sex organ, the word "car" with an "o" at the end means a gharry i have also heard that the name Jim in Thailand means the male sex organ
2016-05-22 04:37:44 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
piano .in greek it means the known instrument but in different writing but same pronunciation it means "touch".
2006-10-19 21:15:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Tao it mean Taoism in Filipino it means people!!
2006-10-19 21:14:58 · answer #10 · answered by katenz_25 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋