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| kazordoon Bilingual Triglot Newbie Spain Joined 4591 days ago 10 posts - 10 votes Speaks: Spanish*, Catalan*, English Studies: French | Message 1 of 20 19 November 2011 at 2:12am | IP Logged | ||
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I was listening to my french lesson and I was amused to know that the french say "spaghetti" when taking a picture.
I know that the English say "cheese" and in my language, Spanish, we say "Luis". What do you say you in your native language ? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Kartof Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 4877 days ago 391 posts - 550 votes  Speaks: English*, Bulgarian*, Spanish Studies: Danish | Message 2 of 20 19 November 2011 at 4:53am | IP Logged | ||
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In Bulgarian, you say "зеле" (zele) which means cabbage.
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| jasoninchina Senior Member China Joined 5042 days ago 221 posts - 306 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin, Italian | Message 3 of 20 19 November 2011 at 5:51am | IP Logged | ||
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In Chinese, they say 茄子 (eggplant).
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| Lucky Charms Diglot Senior Member Japan lapacifica.net Joined 6760 days ago 752 posts - 1711 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: German, Spanish | Message 4 of 20 19 November 2011 at 8:02am | IP Logged | ||
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In Japanese, they say "cheese", but usually only the person taking the photo, as a way of
saying "okay, I'm snapping the shutter now!" The people in the photo rarely repeat it. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Mauritz Octoglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 4879 days ago 223 posts - 325 votes Speaks: Swedish*, EnglishC2, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, Esperanto, French Studies: Old English, Yiddish, Arabic (Written), Mandarin, Korean, Portuguese, Welsh, Icelandic, Afrikaans | Message 5 of 20 19 November 2011 at 10:12am | IP Logged | ||
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It's been a while now, but I want to remember having heard "lastbil" (truck) many times
in Swedish. Or cheese. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| prz_ Tetraglot Senior Member Poland last.fm/user/prz_rul Joined 4670 days ago 890 posts - 1190 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, Bulgarian, Croatian Studies: Slovenian, Macedonian, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Dutch, Swedish, German, Italian, Armenian, Kurdish | Message 6 of 20 19 November 2011 at 10:25am | IP Logged | ||
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seeeer [cheese] or... seeeeks [yes, this sex ;) ]
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 newyorkeric Diglot Moderator Singapore Joined 6190 days ago 1598 posts - 2174 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Mandarin, Malay Personal Language Map | Message 7 of 20 19 November 2011 at 10:40am | IP Logged | ||
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According to word reference, in Italian it's "sorridi," i.e., "smile!". Kinda boring...
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| Ari Heptaglot Senior Member Norway Joined 6393 days ago 2314 posts - 5695 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Cantonese Studies: Czech, Latin, German | Message 8 of 20 19 November 2011 at 10:54am | IP Logged | ||
Never heard "lastbil". The most common one in Swedish is surely "omelett". In Cantonese the one I've heard is just "one, two, three, smile", which works because the Canto pronounciation of 笑 is "siu3", so elongating the 'i' will get you the smile. In Mandarin it wouldn't work at all, since the main vowel of "xiao4" is the 'a'. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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