Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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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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Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
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'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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More people in China speak English than in the United States.
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