In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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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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The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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"Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
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