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Re: CHAT: False friends - echos from the mother tounge

From:Christian Thalmann <cinga@...>
Date:Wednesday, July 9, 2003, 19:10
--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Markus Miekk-oja <fam.miekk-oja@N...> wrote:

 > I bet there's hundreds and hundreds of these.

Indeed.  IIRC a car model called "Silver Mist" had to be sold
as "Silver Spirit" in Germany, since "Mist" means manure.



-- Christian Thalmann