[B2S] Words Apart - Ends 23rd September

[Samantha]

The English Language is so powerful and I find it mind-blowing that some other countries (who also speak English) can have different names than we do here. For example, candyfloss to those who are British is cotton candy to Americans and such; I just don't get how that is possible! There's so many varieties between each language and last year I got the chance to study some in my English Language class - I loved it and I wish I could have done a study just on that. This gave me an idea, I want you to find me a word i.e. candyfloss that is named something different in another country (remember to tell me both words)! - I want to expand my knowledge.

The most interesting will win!

Good luck.

Prize: 2 points, 5 credits + 10 rep

Click here to find out more about the B2S Competition and prizes!

[Seikou]

UK: Roundabout
USA: Rotary/Traffic Circles

[lawrawrrr]

'air' in malay means water

could lead to some interesting errors in translations...

HELP IM DROWNING IN AIR

LETS GO SWIMMING IN THE CLEAR BLUE AIR

[Aiden]

UK: dummy
USA: pacifier

[Munex]

UK: Sandals
AUS: Thongs

[x-Lucy!-x]

ENGLISH: Gift
GERMAN: Poison

[LiquidLuck.]

In Portuguese there is the word ''rapariga'' that means, in Portugal, ''girl''.
In Brazil, the exact same word is used to swear at a girl saying that she, lets say, offers herself to everyone in exchange for money.

So if someone Portuguese goes to Brazil and wants to call/say hi to a girl, if they say: ''Oi, rapariga!'' (''Hey, girl!'') everyone who lives there will think they are calling her the dirty s or w word.

P.S.: Not sure if that's seen as avoiding the filter. Sorry if it is.

[dbgtz]

Love is yêu (pronounced similarly to you) in Vietnamese which I found quite funny.

[Red]

Casually wearing my mzungu tshirt as my pj top atm. So that is going to be my word. It an african term which means 'white person'. When I went to Uganda, literally everyone called us it.