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This is a link post Unintentionally funny non-foreigners I made this!
Hello /links.
I need your help.
I'm trying to compile a list of reverse-funny-names-corner - English words, names or products which are hilarious to speakers of certain other languages.
I only know Czech and Mandarin so can only list 'peachy' ('cunt' in Czech), 'shabby' ('stupid cunt' in Mandarin) and 'newbie' ('cow's cunt' in Mandarin).
Please share any more you know. I may write a song with them if I get enough.
 (I helped save b3ta! Zuowan, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 14:48, Reply)
This is a normal post "Persil"
is sort-of French slang for pubes
 (Wong Fei-Hung - now with added flickr.com (see profile), Wed 7 Jul 2010, 14:52, Reply)
This is a normal post Parsley?

(I helped save b3ta! barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 14:54, Reply)
This is a normal post Paisley?

(Sacamacamojo was lurking right up until, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 14:56, Reply)
This is a normal post OUTRAGE!

(I helped save b3ta! barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 14:59, Reply)
This is a normal post yes?
how can i help?
 (I helped save b3ta! parsley, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 18:57, Reply)
This is a normal post Fart
is 'journey' in a whole range of Germanic/Northern European languages.
 (I helped save b3ta! barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 14:55, Reply)
This is a normal post That's the wrong way sound isn't it?
RTFQ Headwound you shabby newbie.

Also - 'round'

*compound-fails*
 (I helped save b3ta! barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 14:56, Reply)
This is a normal post fart is speed, not journey...
hence www.flickr.com/photos/skorpionen/3085866906/

(speed bumps)
 (I helped save b3ta! Damien's Hearse, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 14:58, Reply)
This is a normal post Any number of derivatives..
German, Fahren, to travel, giving fart, journey

...and it's still the opposite of what he's after :)
 (I helped save b3ta! barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 15:00, Reply)
This is a normal post I thought 'reise' meant journey in German, as well as the scandinavian languages
google translate agrees...
 (I helped save b3ta! Damien's Hearse, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 15:03, Reply)
This is a normal post fahrt - my bad...
pherf.com/2008/07/01/gute-fahrt/
 (I helped save b3ta! barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 15:08, Reply)
This is a normal post Pikk
means cock in Norwegian, so saying "I'm off to pick up the kids" can lead to amusement...

edit: come to think of it, so does kukk (pronounced cook) so saying "I'll just cook this chicken, then I'll pick up the kids" could be doubly amusing... (though kukk and pikk are both nouns)
 (I helped save b3ta! Damien's Hearse, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 14:57, Reply)
This is a normal post Coke
is cock in Bislama and despite having studied 10ish languages, that's all I can think of.
 (I helped save b3ta! Sextant goes to him is emotionally erect, on this day, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 15:08, Reply)
This is a normal post Donner
sounds like the word to threaten to hit someone in Saouth African.
 (I helped save b3ta! Crap Little Monkey Deathstar, so good they built it twice, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 15:16, Reply)
This is a normal post I'd like to add this,
but not sure which language 'South African' is. Afrikaans?
 (I helped save b3ta! Zuowan, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 15:42, Reply)
This is a normal post yes that's the one
There's a few more. I'll try to pm them to you tomorrow.
 (I helped save b3ta! Crap Little Monkey Deathstar, so good they built it twice, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 15:54, Reply)
This is a normal post Hoy in Thai
Chris Hoy = Chris Muff
This also means that the Vietnamese City Hoi An sounds like 'Saggy Clunge' to dirty minded Thai speakers.

Also in Thai: 'Jew' = Cock and Kapow! = Basil (wrong way round I know).
 (I helped save b3ta! Herman Blume is unique, just like everyone else, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 15:34, Reply)
This is a normal post 'Jew' is Chinese for 'pig'
Terrible accidental racism.
 (I helped save b3ta! Zuowan, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 15:40, Reply)
This is a normal post the expression 'top shelf'
apparently sounds like something so rude in Thai that my friend would not explain it to me.

I don't have any native speakers of Thai nearby so I can't follow this up right now. Good luck!
 (I helped save b3ta! the prick of misery pierced my foot on a spiiiike on, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 15:42, Reply)
This is a normal post I have one nearby, but she's can't think off anything
The best one is "Top Tong", which is a really, really bad thing to say to anyone Thai, even as a joke. I think it insinuates sluttiness in a girl and insults her mother simultaneously.
 (I helped save b3ta! Herman Blume is unique, just like everyone else, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 21:39, Reply)
This is a normal post apparently Heston means something in a nother language
Japanese I think. Greek - askville.amazon.com/SimilarQuestions.do?req=Charlton+Heston+explain+scatological+connotations+Greek+means

i.e. Chartlon Heston. Heston Blumenthal, Heston Services

I remember Blumenthal mentioning it on Jonathan Ross, but I can't remember the language or what it meant and google draws a blank
 (I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Wed 7 Jul 2010, 16:29, Reply)
This is a normal post .
"bite" means cock in French. And "peter" means farting.
 (I helped save b3ta! monkeon schmonkeon, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 19:00, Reply)
This is a normal post Gary
means diarrhea in Japanese

http://translate.google.com/#en|ja|diarrhea|ja|diarrhea
 (I helped save b3ta! the prick of misery pierced my foot on a spiiiike on, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 19:25, Reply)
This is a normal post sega
pronounced in italian, means masturbate in italian. But it was still a very popular gaming console there.
 (I helped save b3ta! Sextant goes to him is emotionally erect, on this day, Thu 23 Sep 2010, 15:09, Reply)