ME, CALLING MY FRIEND ON THE PHONE: Happy New Year! MY FRIEND: It’s not even ten pm. ME: Sorry, I suffer from premature congratulation.

I have not seen this video in years and every time I come back across it I watch with the same childlike wonder that I had the first time I saw it

My favourite is the Romanian word 'furaje', which sounds very much like 'Farage'. 'Furaje' means 'pigswill'.

My favourite cross-linguistic homophone (a word in one language that sounds the same as a word from another language) is the Dutch word for a squirrel, eekhoorn, which is pronounced pretty much the same as the English word "acorn" (that squirrels of course love to eat).

There's an old Dutch song with the title He Schat, which doesn't look as endearing in English.

Several businesses in Germany have hiring posters that say "we're looking for you." In German that phrase is "wir suchen dich," which could be mistaken for an English phrase with a somewhat different meaning.

some old sweets (kashi) i found in Japan from a cement manufacturer, assumedly before the transliteration of "cement" was standardised

I liked this one on a tea/coffee machine. When you've been so bad, regular hell won't be enough...

“Eso sí que es” (Spanish) = “Yes, that’s right” (S.O.C.K.S.) Socks. Folly.

Don’t even start me on homophones and “false friends” words between Polish and Czech, those are absolutely hilarious. But I must say my favourite homophone is good morning in Estonian - tere hommikust - which in my native Polish sounds like land of the hamster 😂

Did they have to go with that price point?

Or maybe they just hire people the good old fashioned way

Germany does much worse than this.

I love the Swedish word for „marble cake“, which is „tigerkaka“, which in German sounds like „tiger poop“. 😋

Evidently German employers will do anything to hire you.

My favourite cross-linguistic homophone (a word in one language that sounds the same as a word from another language) is the Dutch word for a squirrel, eekhoorn, which is pronounced pretty much the same as the English word "acorn" (that squirrels of course love to eat).

In 2012, an Icelandic newspaper translated an interview where Jessica Biel said that Justin Timberlake excels at everything he does. The translation went a bit wrong though and the article said that Timberlake was constantly using Microsoft Excel (the headline read "Can't live without Excel files")

Debbie Does Dallas Buyers Club. Men In Black Hawk Down. Miracle on 34th Street Fighter. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Princess And the Frog. Peter Rabbit II: The Runaway Bride.

On a related note, here's a list of films that would be improved by combining them... 5. While You Were Sleeping with the Enemy 4. Three Men and a Baby Driver 3. He’s Just Not That into You, Me and Dupree 2. There’s Something About Mary Poppins 1. Pumping Iron Man

The old "⚠Invalid Handle" glitch seems to have made a return (seen a few profiles tagged with it today) so bringing this back...

🎵I'm bringin' Excel back Them other fuckers don't know how to act🎶

In 2012, an Icelandic newspaper translated an interview where Jessica Biel said that Justin Timberlake excels at everything he does. The translation went a bit wrong though and the article said that Timberlake was constantly using Microsoft Excel (the headline read "Can't live without Excel files")

For Waterloo Region (Canada) - St Agatha pronounced St Agatha or St Agatha or St Agath - Weber (Street) pronounced Weber or Weber - Puslinch pronounced Puslinch or Puslinch or Puslinch - Butter tarts - with or without raisins - Apple fritters - battered ring or studded doughnuts

My original Rottweiler was called Codeine. She was great

I genuinely once taught a child called Nausea. Apparently the (native speaker English) parents had seen the word in a leaflet somewhere during the pregnancy, thought it sounded nice and did no further research into what it meant before naming their baby.

I ate the scone, and now it’s gone. And Die Hard *is* a Christmas movie 😊

I’ve long thought that Scrofula would make a great name for a pet. It sounds so cute and fluffy!

I once met a woman who was named, honest to God, Latrine.

Most divisive debates in different countries... 5. Scones, pronounced scone or scone (England) 4. Omelettes, with onions or no (Spain) 3. Swimming costumes, bathers or swimmers (Australia) 2. Choco pastries, pain au chocolat or chocolatine (France) 1. Is Die Hard a Christmas movie (all countries)

look, I think a child called Typhus would be destined for great things

Top ten names that would make a decent baby name if it wasn’t already the name of a medical condition or medication… 10. Amnesia 9. Rubella 8. Codeine 7. Malaria 6. Paxil 5. Alopecia 4. Bonjela 3. Aphasia 2. Typhus 1. Chlamydia

Me to the kids: “eat your dinner pigeon fucker”

In one of the Danish TV screenings of Die Hard, “yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker” was changed to “yippee-ki-yay, bror lort,” which means “yippee-ki-yay, shit brother.” In a German screening, the “motherfucker” was changed to Schweinebacke (“pig cheek”). And in Finnish... pulunnussija (“pigeon fucker”).

And speaking of cats...

Guys, you're not going to believe me, but this is not a cougar.

if not the greatest, definitely the cutest www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Goz...

There’s an Arabic version of “every cloud has a silver lining” that translates to “no cows, no feeding them at dawn.” A Scots version is “today’s rain is tomorrow’s whisky.” And a Romanian phrase for looking on the bright side is un șut în fund, un pas înainte, or “a kick in the ass, a step forward”

And a Finnish phrase about nothing being so bad that it won’t pass is kaikkeen tottuu paitsi jääpuikkoon perseessä ja sekin sulaa pois. It means “you can get used to anything but an ice stick in your ass, and even that will eventually melt away.”

There’s a Turkish phrase about the upside of hitting rock bottom being that things can’t get any worse. It goes göte giren şemsiye açılmaz and it means “an umbrella up one’s ass cannot be opened.”

And George Carlin’s classic response: “Remember folks, inside every silver lining, there’s a dark cloud.”

Boys In The Hoodie Planet Of The Capes Once Upon A Time In The Vest Apocalypse Snow (Boots) The Shawlshank Redemption

Today’s the winter solstice so here’s a list of ten wintery films… 10. Scarf-face 9. Casablanket 8. Jurassic Parka 7. Fleece Academy 6. Extra Layer Cake 5. Mittens Impossible 4. Thermals and Louise 3. The Men Who Stare at Coats 2. What’s Heating Gilbert Grape 1. The Snood, the Bad and the Snuggly

Not with that attitude it can't.

There’s an Arabic version of “every cloud has a silver lining” that translates to “no cows, no feeding them at dawn.” A Scots version is “today’s rain is tomorrow’s whisky.” And a Romanian phrase for looking on the bright side is un șut în fund, un pas înainte, or “a kick in the ass, a step forward”

“Kill two birds with one stone” from five languages… 5. Roast two pieces of meat on one fire (Polish) 4. Shoot two rabbits with one shot (Romanian) 3. Hit two flies with one swatter (German) 2. Catch two pigeons with one fava bean (Italian) 1. She both picked mulberries and saw her lover (Korean)

In Salvadoran Spanish: "En la quinta mierda>" In the fifth shit. "En el quinto culo del Diablo>" In Devil's fifth ass.

A Brazilian phrase for describing a place that’s in the middle of nowhere is na casa do caralho. It means “in the house of the penis.”   * read on for more international phrases about remote or backwater places (a thread)…

Five more phrases about a place in the middle of nowhere…   5. Where the donkey died (Armenian) 4. Where genies abandon their children (Indonesian) 3. Where birds won’t shit (Mandarin) 2. Where the monkey coughs and the stork crows (Vietnamese) 1. Where wolves fuck (Serbian)

A lovely German phrase for somewhere off the beaten track is wo sich Fuchs und Hase gute Nacht sagen. It means “where the fox and hare bid each other goodnight.”