She / He is HOT !?!?!

M.A.S · Post by **M.A.S** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 2:09 pm

Good day ladies and gentle men:) ,

It's kind of Interesting that this sentence has different meaning In other languages. In Arabic "She/He is Hot" means: someone's always angry. In English means: sexy. :yh_rotfl

If you know a word, sentence or phrase has a meaning in English and different meaning in another language please share it here. :guitarist

M.A.S · Post by **M.A.S** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 5:37 am

"Fu*k" means In Arabic: to open up something or to release.

In English: you know the meaning :p

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 9:23 am

M.A.S;1340747 wrote: "Fu*k" means In Arabic: to open up something or to release.

In English: you know the meaning :p

Looks like the same meanings to me.

Post by **LarsMac** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 10:08 am

M.A.S;1340636 wrote: Good day ladies and gentle men:) ,

It's kind of Interesting that this sentence has different meaning In other languages. In Arabic "She/He is Hot" means: someone's always angry. In English means: sexy. :yh_rotfl

If you know a word, sentence or phrase has a meaning in English and different meaning in another language please share it here. :guitarist

Both of those meanings are used in English, as well.

Most words have multiple meanings and can be used to "mean" different things depending on the context.

Post by **LarsMac** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 10:11 am

Also, meanings change/evolve over time.

The word 'gay' is an excellent example.

a century ago, a well-dressed man might be called a 'Gay Blade" without insinuating anything about his life-style.

If you used that phrase today, most men, regardless of their life-style, would take offense.

fuzzywuzzy · Post by **fuzzywuzzy** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 11:57 am

hmmm. "Hot under the collar" means you're angry.

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 3:37 pm

Classic ones :-

Rubber - American = Durex, English = Eraser

Fag - American = Homosexual, English = Cigarette

Nice - Victorian = Pernicity, Modern = Pleasant

Wicked - Old = Evil, New = Good

etc.

Post by **LarsMac** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 5:15 pm

Bad - Old = bad, new=good

littleCJelkton · Post by **littleCJelkton** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 9:20 pm

Old: Science = Witchcraft/magic New: Science = a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws

binbag · Post by **binbag** » Tue Oct 26, 2010 12:08 am

Scottish.

Away and bile yer heed ya wee nyaff.

South of the border.

I say dear boy, do trot off and take your silly little comments with you.

Scottish.

Yer bum's hingin' oot ra windae.

South of the border.

One does talk a load of hot air at times.

Scottish.

Haw Jimmy, geeza light pal eh.

South of the border.

I say dear fellow, excuse me for being so common, but I appear to have left my lighter in the Bentley, may I trouble you for a light for my cigarette, please.

Anouk · Post by **Anouk** » Thu Jun 16, 2011 1:39 am

"embarrassed/embarazado". in English means approximately "ashamed" while in Spanish "embarazada" means "pregnant"

Randolph · Post by **Randolph** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 12:37 am

The meaning of TEA is 'torch' in Spanish.