Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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Pokémon is Japanese for Pocket Monsters and Chinpokomon (the South Park parody) is Japanese for Penis Monsters.
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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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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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When Washoe, the first chimp to use sign language, was told that her caretaker's baby had died, she signed "CRY."
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