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| bushwick Tetraglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 6055 days ago 407 posts - 443 votes  Speaks: German, Croatian*, English, Dutch Studies: French, Japanese | Message 49 of 140 12 January 2008 at 12:03pm | IP Logged | |||||
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actually, in austria, there's a village called "f**king".
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| rob Diglot Senior Member Japan Joined 5976 days ago 287 posts - 288 votes 2 sounds Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: French, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, Norwegian, Mandarin | Message 50 of 140 12 January 2008 at 2:07pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I remember watching the Olympics a few years ago, and there was a female Chinese athlete called Man Lee Wang.
Actually, this could be (and I truly hope it might be) a common name! 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| matematikniels Tetraglot Groupie Denmark Joined 6063 days ago 78 posts - 84 votes Speaks: Danish*, English, German, Swedish Studies: Russian, Spanish | Message 51 of 140 13 January 2008 at 8:51am | IP Logged | |||||
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I was in visiting the University of Jena, Germany, back in the GDR days. Our guide, the very friendly Mr. K. Laier, told that shortly before he had guided an academic from the states. And every time the interpreter explained, "Mr. Laier says...", the American had smiled.
After some time, the American couldn't let it go unnoticed, so he explained - of course, Laier is pronounced "liar". Another funny one, though not about names: When Queen Elizabeth visited Denmark, they had to cover the "busy" lamps on the elevators. In Danish, the text is "I fart". Edited by matematikniels on 13 January 2008 at 8:51am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Marc Frisch Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6476 days ago 1001 posts - 1169 votes Speaks: German*, French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Persian, Tamil | Message 52 of 140 14 January 2008 at 5:27am | IP Logged | |||||
Actually, it's called 'F U C K I N G' but the forum spell check censors the correct spelling... Edited by Marc Frisch on 14 January 2008 at 5:28am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| guto2005br Tetraglot Newbie Brazil Joined 5950 days ago 13 posts - 13 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English, GermanC2, Spanish Studies: Swedish, Italian | Message 53 of 140 09 February 2008 at 6:07pm | IP Logged | |||||
Woooow, I had no idea! LOL!!! A very funny name appears in the name catalog of the company I work for. There is an italian guy who goes by the name ROSSANO PAU. Any brazilian would laugh at him because it translates to brazilian-portuguese as RUBBING THE D-I-C-K. Another funny surname is BUCETA. In Brazil this is a very low-level word for vagina. In Spain, it seems to be a surname! In some south-american countries, it is the common word for bus. In Budaspest, they sell you a BUNDA, which is a kind of hat. In Brazil, this is the colloquial word for a-s-s. In Salvador (in Bahia, Brazil) there is a neighbourhood called PAU MIUDO, which translates to LITTLE D-I-C-K. And the list goes on and on... 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Alfonso Octoglot Senior Member Mexico Joined 6672 days ago 511 posts - 536 votes Speaks: Biblical Hebrew, Spanish*, French, English, Tzotzil, Italian, Portuguese, Ancient Greek Studies: Nahuatl, Tzeltal, German | Message 54 of 140 09 February 2008 at 6:45pm | IP Logged | |||||
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My mom says that she had boyfriend whose name was ZacarÃas del Pozo Flores. That literally means something like: You would take flowers out of the well!!!
She also says (I don't know whether it's true or not) that as a child there was an old woman in the city whose name was Dolores Fuertes de Barriga. It literally means: Painful Stomach-aches. I guess that old woman has already passed away, so she won't be ofended, if true.
Casimiro It exactly means: I almost see But I think that the most hilarious Spanish family name, in this sense, is Beteta, which sounds as if it were: See Teat or can also be translated Teat-seer. (Remember that in Spanish there's no phonetical difference between b and v. They both sound equal.) Edited by Alfonso on 09 February 2008 at 10:37pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Ichiro Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6020 days ago 111 posts - 152 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese, French Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, Korean, Malay | Message 55 of 140 09 February 2008 at 9:56pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I'm always amused by this gentleman -
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| leosmith Senior Member United States Joined 6361 days ago 2365 posts - 3804 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Tagalog | Message 56 of 140 10 February 2008 at 12:17am | IP Logged | |||||
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I'm not sure if this is an urban legend or not, but I heard several versions of it when I was living in Tanzania. It seems a certain diplomat from Japan had a name so offensive and embarassing to Tanzanians that the Tanzanian government asked him to be replaced. Tanzanians are big on introductions and fanfare, so I could see this possibly being true. The man's name was Kumamoto (hot vagina in Swahili).
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