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Am 19.08.11 18:48, schrieb Graham Wakefield:
> Or the Vauxhall Nova for the Spanish-speaking world ("no va" = doesn't go...)
> 
> On Aug 18, 2011, at 3:31 AM, Peter Pimley wrote:
> 
>> 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

It is alway safe to drive a Landrover Defender ;)