Re: Announcement: The birth of Ophal Project

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Subject: Re: Announcement: The birth of Ophal Project
From: Peter Pimley <peter.pimley@...>
Date: 2011年8月18日 11:31:49 +0100

On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Lorenzo Donati <lorenzodonatibz@interfree.it> wrote:

I wonder how many English words mean something ugly in languages with a different origin (i.e. non-indoeuropean), say, Chinese, Japanese or Corean!

Famously the Toyota "MR2" sports car just-about translates phonetically to "shit" in French.

("Em" - "Err" - "Deux" sounds like "Merde")

Peter

Follow-Ups:
- Re: Announcement: The birth of Ophal Project, Graham Wakefield

References:
- Announcement: The birth of Ophal Project, Fernando Paredes García
- Re: Announcement: The birth of Ophal Project, Axel Kittenberger
- Re: Announcement: The birth of Ophal Project, Lee Hickey
- Re: Announcement: The birth of Ophal Project, Philippe Lhoste
- Re: Announcement: The birth of Ophal Project, Lorenzo Donati

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