Innocent foreign words that sound rude in English
Innocent foreign words that sound rude in English
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Esceptico

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8,897 posts

138 months

Wednesday 21st October 2020
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A thread for the easily pleased...

Just learnt a new word in Japanese - fukkyuu - which is pronounced pretty much as a northerner would say “fk you”. Means reprisal or revenge.

Dick in German means fat.

Fahrt in German means journey but pronounced as fart.

Others?

Overall D

431 posts

191 months

Wednesday 21st October 2020
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Check Google Translate for what boxwood is in Russian and how it's pronounced.

Fleckers

2,880 posts

230 months

Wednesday 21st October 2020
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Knife in Portuguese is Faca

Sounds like the Fbomb-er

anonymous-user

83 months

Wednesday 21st October 2020
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The Chinese say a word all the time which sounds the same as the racist ‘N word’.

It’s actually "Nà gè" and is a filler word, so is used in conversations constantly.

It sounds like they are saying “N***er, N***er, N***er”

bristolbaron

5,375 posts

241 months

Wednesday 21st October 2020
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Alexa, what’s 100 in Welsh...

boyse7en

8,178 posts

194 months

Wednesday 21st October 2020
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can't remember the number but something like 61 in Turkish is sex and beer

thetapeworm

13,813 posts

268 months

Wednesday 21st October 2020
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"Slagroom"

Dutch whipped cream.

Sounds like a fun weekend.

Scabutz

8,834 posts

109 months

Wednesday 21st October 2020
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Twelve months in Estonian is kaksteist kuud. Which sounds like "cocks taste good" when said in Estonian.

The museum in Talin is called Kiek in de Kok