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» The most childish thing you've done as an adult
foreigners have the funniest words
for the past year and a half I've been living out in the sticks in Tanzania and have picked up a moderate amount of Swahili in the process. Nothing makes me laugh like a demented school child quite as much as foreign words that sound vaguely similar to rude words in English. A personal favourite is getting on the bus, paying for two people and saying 'wawili' (two people) then giggling to myself before turning to the person next to me and saying 'willy'.
Other highlights include a chinese made spade which goes by the curious name of 'cockswollow' it comes complete with a picture of a male chicken and a swollow (bird) so as to avoid any confusion.
I also came across a menu in a mix of Swahili and English listing Robochicken (robo being quarter in Swahili). I was tempted to order it but i wasn't sure I'd be able to digest it.
(Tue 22nd Sep 2009, 10:16, More)
foreigners have the funniest words
for the past year and a half I've been living out in the sticks in Tanzania and have picked up a moderate amount of Swahili in the process. Nothing makes me laugh like a demented school child quite as much as foreign words that sound vaguely similar to rude words in English. A personal favourite is getting on the bus, paying for two people and saying 'wawili' (two people) then giggling to myself before turning to the person next to me and saying 'willy'.
Other highlights include a chinese made spade which goes by the curious name of 'cockswollow' it comes complete with a picture of a male chicken and a swollow (bird) so as to avoid any confusion.
I also came across a menu in a mix of Swahili and English listing Robochicken (robo being quarter in Swahili). I was tempted to order it but i wasn't sure I'd be able to digest it.
(Tue 22nd Sep 2009, 10:16, More)