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In My Language, That Sounds Like...

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In My Language, That Sounds Like...	comment	In Real Life there are a few words called "faux amis/false friends", that have homophones in other languages that can lead to amusing misunderstandings, but in fiction the number and strangeness of these explodes. Words that mean one thing in language A but an obscene, rude or inappropriate thing in language B are technically called "Cacemphatons", which in itself is a sort of cacemphaton. A sort of in-universe Bilingual Bonus, either a word in the work's language sounds silly in a fictional language or the fictional word sounds silly in the work's language. Overlaps with Bite the Wax Tadpole. Often (even inevitably) leads to Who Names Their Kid "Dude"? on the part of the (local) foreigners, who may consider you a Funny Foreigner just on this basis. Out of universe, this is often a source of Narm for audiences. It can be hard to take a foreign work seriously if, for example, The Hero's name sounds exactly like your language's word for "poop" or some other naughty term. There are also "false cognates", in which two words in different languages have similar forms and meanings, but different roots. For example, the English word "sheriff" and the Arabic "sharif", both being legal officials. The former comes from the Old English scÄ«rgerefa, meaning "shire-reeve", and the latter comes from the Arabic sharafa, meaning "noble" or "exalted". For when this happens between dialects of the same language or very similar languages, see Separated by a Common Language. Subtrope of Mondegreen Gag. For when this causes character names to be changed in translation, see Clean Dub Name. For when a girly name in one language is a masculine name in another, see Gender-Blender Name. For a common example involving a name derived from Greek, see Uranus Is Showing. Cross-cultural cases of Unfortunate Character Design where a design acceptable in one culture has unfortunate connotations in another can be considered a sort of visual counterpart to this trope. Don't confuse with the other meaning of False Friend.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_11bb0392	comment	In Made in Abyss, Faputa's name is a combination of two in-universe words that mean "precious daughter" and "immortal being". To an English/Spanish speaker, it sounds like a combination of the slang word "fap" (to masturbate) and puta (Spanish for "whore").
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_11dff8a4	comment	Giant Baba's last name was quite problematic in Spanish, because it's sounds the same as the Mexican Spanish word for "spit". "Giant Spit", get it?. Luckily for him, when addressed in Mexican media, he is always named by his name in English, without any attempt to translate the "Giant" part into Spanish.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_1331990c	comment	Mamizou Futatsuiwa has the same problem as Mami Tomoe, but also another one in Mexican Spanish: Her name sounds similar like the Mexican slang word Mamila. (Roughly translated as arrogant dick) and also Mamito who is a very vulgar slang for Momma's Boy in Mexico.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_13605458	comment	There's also the infamous PiÃ±a Co lada from Gate, which sounds like a famous drink from the caribbean countries. Although it's unclear wherever this was deliberate or an unfortunate accident.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_1869a077	comment	The Brazilian version of Samurai Jack had to change the main villain's name from "Aku" to "Abu" because the former sounds like their word for anus.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_1b6759eb	comment	In My Hero (2000) when deciding what to name their son, George suggests Pontius, which means "great heart" on Ultron. Janet understandably objects, since on Earth it's associated with Pontius Pilate.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_1cc09117	comment	In Bleach, Yammy has a dog. The latest databook reveals its name to be Kukkapuuro, Finnish for flower porridge (Kukka = flower, puuro = porridge).
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_1f76648	comment	Mikoto Misaka sounds very similar as Mi coto me saca. (My suburb kicks me out)
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_20537943	comment	Kouko Kaga is one of the most unfortunate examples of this: Her name sounds the same as (The) coconut is shitting. This is even worse if you use her name in the Japanese order, since it could sound like Caga Coco. (Coconut-shitter) It sounds more funny in Portuguese. Depending on the subtitler, the character's name is spelled without the 'u' and depending on the form the character's name and surname are placed, "Koko Kaga" sounds like "poo shitting" and "Kaga Koko" sounds like "shitting poo".
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_2212773a	comment	At one point on Angel, Lorne had created a password for something, and told Fred (who spent five years in Lorne's home dimension, Pylea) that it was the Pylean word for hedgehog. Fred's reaction is pretty much a schoolgirl giggle - to quote Gunn, "I'm guessing that means something very different in English". They never have to use it.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_2250e67e	comment	Star Trek: Enterprise: In "Two Days And Two Nights", Hoshi meets an alien man on Risa. While discussing fruit, he says that the word "kiwi" means "kiss" in his language. Given the context (his exotic, unidentified and complex language is mentioned after he finds out she's a linguist, has apparently never appeared elsewhere, and teaching her said language leads smoothly into successfully seducing her) this one may be invoked.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_227431b6	comment	In Runaways, as Karolina tries to fend off Xavin's advances, she calls them "you freak". Xavin corrects her: Ewe'fareek is their uncle.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_22d87fc9	comment	That '70s Show: Used as a joke in an episode where Fez's very religious exchange family plays a rock record backwards to try to find hidden messages. Amongst the backwards gibberish, his exchange parents hear "worship the Devil," while Fez hears "I want to sex your monkey" in his own language (which, of course, we don't know). Laughing about hearing it doesn't help his case. Or the episode where Hyde says that Fez should be "distant, zen, aloof" if he wants to attract women. Fez snaps when he hears the last word: apparently, "loof" is an insult in his language.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_25d97c04	comment	Similar to the James Bond example above, the French dub of Star Trek keeps the English pronunciation for Q, as in French the letter is pronounced the same way as the word for "ass" (cul).
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_261c8d3f	comment	Parodied in an episode of The Simpsons where Homer gives a Kentucky mug to an Italian woman, who angrily declares "Kentucky?!" In her language, this means "whore!" and slaps him.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_26698c5a	comment	In The Name of the Rose, Adso recalls seeing Italian nobles going hunting for truffles (which they called tartuffa). However, when he recounted this to a German friend, he understood it as "der Teufel", leading to wide-eyed staring at this monk who accompanies Italians who're looking for the devil with pigs.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_2a8943c0	comment	In the Italian version of Miraculous Ladybug Kagami Tsurugi had to be renamed "Katami", as her original given name is pronounced almost identical to "cagami", translating literally as "shit me" and also being a rather vulgar way of calling for someone's attention. For the same reason, the Latin American Spanish and Brazilian dubs renamed her to "Agami" and "Kyoko" respectively.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_2b05167	comment	Alien Nation: In one episode Cathy complains about The Three Stooges' foul language. In another episode George tells Matt to just remember what Sikes means in the Newcomer language.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_2bb4ae0f	comment	One of the characters of Heroes is a Japanese geek named Hiro (pronounced almost exactly like the English word "hero").
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_2e97466d	comment	The general romaji for Ys villain Dark Fact is "Dalk Fukt". Ditto the other family members in Ys Origin.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_30a5ebfd	comment	Jugo's name can read like an unintentional case of Edible Theme Naming, as jugo — pronounced "hoo-goh" — is also the Spanish word for juice.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_358d8450	comment	In the first The 39 Clues book, Amy hastily tells Nellie to get them rooms for the night at a seedy-looking hotel called the "Maison des Gardons," which she assumes means "House of Gardens." Later they find out the hard way that "gardons" means "roaches".
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_35af2104	comment	The Fifth Elephant largely takes place in an Uberwald town called Bonk (it's pronounced "Beyonk"). The same book mentions that "morpork" (as in Ankh-Morpork, the central city of the series) sounds like the name of a piece of women's underwear in Ãœberwaldian.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_35f5d687	comment	Henry V has the French princess Katherine discover, to her amusement, that the English words "foot" and "gown" sound a lot like the French for "fuck" (foutre) and "cunt" (con). (It helps that her teacher mispronounces "gown" as "coun.")
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_38989647	comment	Persona 4: The Animation has the Canon Name of the protagonist be Yu Narukami, whose first name also sounds like the English word "you".
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_3e8c09b9	comment	Mikasa Ackerman's name sounds like Mi casa. (My house) This is Played for Laughs in Latin America (and also in English too) when she's paired with Tsukasa Hiiragi, as Tsukasa sounds like su casa (Your house) and mixing both names sounds like the famous Spanish greeting Mi Casa (Mikasa) es Su Casa (Tsukasa). (My house is your house)
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_3f5f4ea2	comment	Austin Powers once got into a raunchy Who's on First? routine with two Asian women named Fook Yu and Fook Mi.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_45d098f8	comment	Get Medieval: On Neithe's planet, "Asher" is one of the eight circles of Hell. On Asher's planet, it's a girl's name. He's quite relieved to find out that it's a male name (out of the Bible, no less) on Earth.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_468bebb0	comment	Discworld uses this gag a few times. The Fifth Elephant largely takes place in an Uberwald town called Bonk (it's pronounced "Beyonk"). The same book mentions that "morpork" (as in Ankh-Morpork, the central city of the series) sounds like the name of a piece of women's underwear in Ãœberwaldian. Unseen Academicals has the dwarf fashion house Shatta. As Glenda observes, "You'd be hostage to the first typo." This trope became a running gag in Interesting Times, in which Rincewind's screams of "Arrrgh!" were variously translated into homophonic phrases that mean "I would like to eat your foot" or "Your wife is a big hippo". One tribe has achieved a not-entirely unmerited reputation for cruelty since to them "arrrgh" means "Quick! More boiling oil!" Many years after Djelibeybi was introduced in Pyramids, Nanny Ogg's Cookbook confirmed that the phrase meaning "rubbery sweets in the shape of small children" also exists on the Disc.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_483044b3	comment	Daiki Miyaga from Gundam Build Fighters Try is another example: His last name sounds like Mi llaga (My sore).
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_49ad83ee	comment	In World of Warcraft, The Draenei's capitol city is called The Exodar and they revere these Energy Beings called Naaru. One of the Draenei quotes is "We did not realize, but in Naaru Language, Exodar means Defective Elekk Turd."
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_49e5d731	comment	One Wayfarers novel mentioned an alien punk band who released an incredibly vicious and vulgar song about the ruling family on their planet, which became popular in the wider galaxy, as its title sounded like the completely innocuous 'Socks! Match! My hat!' in the galactic vernacular.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_4ef7866a	comment	Many Russian fans has pointed out how funny the name of SukaSuka sounds in Russian, as it basically sounds like "bitch bitch" in that language. For Filipino readers, the title either refers to puking/vomiting or vinegar. In some Italian dialects and slangs, it sounds like "suck it suck it".
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_4efeb2ac	comment	Dave the Diver: Suwam of the Sea People claims that "Dave" sounds like the phrase for "broken toilet lid" in his people's language.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_50bcf7a6	comment	The Homestuck fanfic Hivefled lampshades this with regards to the names of the quadrants, with John's reaction being "Haha, you said flush" and pointing out that a declaration of ashen feelings would be "I club you".
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_53a73ca0	comment	Similarly, the Dutch version of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars episode "Mystery of a Thousand Moons" had to have the so-called god of Iego's name, "Drol", changed to "Grol", due to apparent phonetic similarities to their word for "poo".
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_5436b1a9	comment	Senran Kagura: Hibari's name sounds like the Spanish name of the Amazonian tribe the Shuar, who are better known in Spanish as Jibaros (Pronounced as Hee-bah-ros) or more known in popular culture as Head-Hunters due to their custom of cutting their enemies' heads and shrink them as trophies. All the characters use Hiden Ninpo, or "Secret Ninja Arts". In English, this sounds like "Hidden Ninpo", which is quite intelligible all by itself.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_54f1f0c	comment	Another hilarity for Russian fans is the name of the main character in Kemono Friends, that is, Kaban. In Japanese, that would mean "bag", because she can't remember her name and was dubbed so for her big backpack. Yet in Russian, kaban (ÐºÐ°Ð±Ð°Ð½) literally means "wild boar". Adds more hilarity to the fact that everyone around Kaban keep asking what animal she is.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_599128c	comment	Aquarion Evol has two unfortunate examples with two characters: Mikono Suzushiro and the villain Mykage Towano. Mikono's name sounds the same like the Spanish phrase "Mi cono" (My cone), or in more perverse meaning, if you replace the letter N of her name with the Spanish-exclusive letter Ã‘, sounds like "Mi coÃ±o" (My pussy). Mykage Towano is even worse: his name sounds very similar to "Me caguÃ© (en) tu ano" (I crapped in your anus).
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_5afbc0cb	comment	Mettaton EX's battle theme in Undertale is called "Death by Glamour" in English. The word "glamour" exists in Japanese as a loanword (ã‚°ãƒ©ãƒžãƒ¼), but it has a different meaning than it does in English; if the title was literally translated, instead of meaning "charm" or "beauty," it would read to Japanese audiences as "Death by Huge Tits and Ass". As a result, it was instead translated less literally as è�¯éº—ã�ªã‚‹æ»é—˜ ("Gorgeous Death Battle").
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_5c66fff9	comment	In Neverwinter Nights 2, the Very Definitely Final Dungeon is called the The Vale Of Merdelain, which is probably meant to sound cool/scary, but given that "merde" is French for "shit", it's rather like if they named a dungeon the shitarium or something like that.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_5c897f4a	comment	In Schlock Mercenary, the ships in the fleet Petey built himself all have the initials "P.D.", including the unfortunately-named Poupance Duungsmeer, whose name apparently "only sounds dirty in Galstandard West".
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_5d84baa1	comment	According to The Restaurant at the End of the Universe every planet seems to have a drink or other food item whose name is pronounced approximately the same as "gin and tonics", no matter what said item ends up actually being. A throwaway line after the random explanation of this fact implies that it may apply to other drinks as well.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_5eb346d4	comment	In Strawberry Marshmallow, there's an English girl named "Ana". It is discovered that in Japanese, ana means "hole", a fact which Miu reminds her of a couple of times in the next few episodes.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_5f710a0	comment	Parodied in ProZD's Vine A wizard unaware that his spells are rude words in the non-magical world, where his spell for levitation is dickfuck.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_62a7de21	comment	Azumanga Daioh has a joke where Tomo takes great pleasure in pointing out how certain Okinawan foods sound like cuss words in Japanese: specifically, chinsuko sounds like chinko (dick), and ukon-cha sounds like unko (shit). This particular gag tends to go untranslated.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_6449f850	comment	If you think Mami already sounds corny in Spanish, there's Monster Musume, when one of the main characters is a harpy named Papi, who is Spanish for Daddy, who, in context, could be a slang for pimp.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_660a8ba0	comment	Unseen Academicals has the dwarf fashion house Shatta. As Glenda observes, "You'd be hostage to the first typo."
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_6735aaf4	comment	Mobile Suit Gundam AGE: There is a character in the third arc with the name "Captain Natora Einus". Yeah, her last name sounds identical to "anus" in English. There's no indication this was intentional on the part of the writers, as the character is written to be sympathetic.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_691be369	comment	Done deliberately for the title of The X-Files episode "En Ami" and reflects the conflicting portrayal of the show's Big Bad. In French, it means "as a friend." In English, it sounds like "enemy."
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_69daf29	comment	Grrl Power: When Sydney learns of the existence of Monarans, from the planet Mora, she asks why they don't call themselves "Morans", and then immediately retracts the question when she hears it coming out of her mouth. Frix, an extraterrestrial who looks kinda like an anthropomorphic canine, is a "Woof". Sydney manages to suppress her laughter until she tells him she's a "human" and he immediately bursts out laughing himself, and they both share a laugh over how silly their species names sound in the other language.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_6d875502	comment	On Outsourced, one example of the main character's "ugly American" status is how funny he finds his Indian co-worker Manmeet's name (sounds like the English "man meat").
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_6e966e7e	comment	In the prelude to World War Hulk, Hulk stated that Blackbolt would be the most dangerous of Earth's defenders. However, his warbound misheard this as "Blagbuld", which to Brood means "She who urinates uncontrollably".
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_7129b6f9	comment	In Shockball, Cherijo and Duncan (Omniglot by way of telepathy) are looking at baby names. Duncan throws out several Earth names on grounds of them being rude or otherwise inappropriate words in various alien languages ("Daniel" sounds like one species' imperative form of "to jump around screaming," while "Diantha" is another's word for mud). Cherijo vetoes an alien suggestion on grounds that the name should have vowels. They finally settle on Marel. Duncan has mentioned that one of the reasons he loves Cherijo is because her name doesn't mean anything in any of the — I'm gonna go with — hundreds of languages he speaks. (This is partly because her name is actually an acronym.) Shortly after their marriage, he jokes that "wife" sounds like one species' word for a small viper.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_72262aee	comment	Avatar: The Last Airbender: Russian viewers giggle over Sokka's name, because in their language, "sok" means "juice" note It's the quenchiest.. Thus, he gets a Dub Name Change to Sujuki.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_73d7930f	comment	When Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was first being translated into Russian, some translators asked to have the name "Sisko" be changed to "Tsisko" because the original is too similar to the Russian word for "tit" ("sis'ka"). In the end, though, they kept the original name. In-universe, the O'Briens decide not to name their son Sean because it's also the Bajoran word for "swamp".
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_740815bb	comment	This trope became a running gag in Interesting Times, in which Rincewind's screams of "Arrrgh!" were variously translated into homophonic phrases that mean "I would like to eat your foot" or "Your wife is a big hippo". One tribe has achieved a not-entirely unmerited reputation for cruelty since to them "arrrgh" means "Quick! More boiling oil!"
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_75149ccd	comment	One book in the X-Wing Series mentions that the Twi'leks sometimes fiddle with the pronunciation of people's full names to avoid insulting the person in question. In particular, Tal'dira calls Wedge Antilles "Wedgan'tilles", which is close to "slayer of stars" in Twi'leki. Apparently pronouncing it the way humans do changes the meaning to something like "one so foul as to induce vomiting in a rancor". This is apparently rather common; in the Twi'lek language the meaning of a word or phrase can be radically altered by mispronouncing even a single syllable. It's sometimes done even to a fellow Twi'lek's name, for the opposite reason: twisting the pronunciation into something insulting. Tal'dira deliberately mispronounces Koh'shak as "Kohsh'ak" while holding a knife to his throat and accusing him of treachery and underhanded dealing (though Wedge never does find out what the switch actually meant).
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_75cfb0cb	comment	A pun-based "Shaggy Dog" Story by Isaac Asimov concerns dueling political ad campaigns over a Mars-wide referendum on whether to allow dangerous experiments to be performed on the planet. The anti- side uses a traditional song as its jingle, while the pro- side uses the French National Anthem. The reader is asked to predict which side will win. The pro- side wins in a landslide, since the anthem's title, the Marseillaise, sounds subliminally like "Mars say yea."
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_7655861f	comment	BanG Dream!: Filipino fans have to refer to Tae Hanazono by her surname if they want to talk about her with a straight face, because in Filipino, "tae" means "poop". And then there's two of Roselia's members, Ako and Sayo, which in Filipino mean "I" and "yours", respectively.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_7668653a	comment	In Mass Effect 2, you'll meet a quarian Admiral of the ship Qwib-Qwib, which renders his name Zaal'Koris vas Qwib-Qwib. Silly sounding, but not so bad. He mentions that he sometimes considers transferring to a ship with a more respectable name, like the Iktomi or the Defrahnz.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_797793b1	comment	Probably unintentional, but in Shaman King, hao is Lakota for "yes".
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_7a54cd2a	comment	The Roman Mysteries: If Polla Felicia Pulchra had been born a couple of millenia later, she'd be horrified to know that her name totally sounds like "happy and clean cock" in Spanish. That kind of cock.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_7f39a041	comment	In Gintama, the in-universe film Hijikata watches is named My Neighbor Pedoro, a parody of My Neighbor Totoro. For Mexican Spanish speakers, the name of the titular protagonist of the film, Pedoro, which is also the Japanese spelling of the Spanish name "Pedro", sounds disturbingly similar to the Mexican slang "Pedorro", (pronounced with a hard "R"), which means "Fart-knocker" in Mexico. Even more, with this in mind, the whole title of the film, translated to Spanish, would sound like Mi Vecino (el) Pedorro (My Neighbor (the) Fart-Knocker). For English speakers, "Pedoro" sounds like Pedophile. It doesn't help that the titular character is shown along with a little girl, while he appears with just his underwear.note While it could be intentional or not, this could be a dig on Studio Ghibli (and by default, Hayao Miyazaki's) films when many of their main characters are young girls.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_81692f99	comment	Star Trek: The name Frederick means something vulgar in Bolian. Though the show never established it, the Star Trek: The Next Generation novel Ghost Ship claims that Troi calls William Riker (who is generally addressed as "Will") "Bill" because "bill" is the Betazoid word for "shaving cream" and Riker's scent reminds her of the type her father used. (Given that this is both the show and the character where "Growing the Beard" came from, this is all kinds of amusing). When Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was first being translated into Russian, some translators asked to have the name "Sisko" be changed to "Tsisko" because the original is too similar to the Russian word for "tit" ("sis'ka"). In the end, though, they kept the original name. In-universe, the O'Briens decide not to name their son Sean because it's also the Bajoran word for "swamp". Star Trek: Enterprise: In "Two Days And Two Nights", Hoshi meets an alien man on Risa. While discussing fruit, he says that the word "kiwi" means "kiss" in his language. Given the context (his exotic, unidentified and complex language is mentioned after he finds out she's a linguist, has apparently never appeared elsewhere, and teaching her said language leads smoothly into successfully seducing her) this one may be invoked. While not bringing up specific names, this was apparently one of the reasons the Doctor in Star Trek: Voyager never permanently settled on a name over the course of the series (at least, in a timeline that lasted) — among the perks of being a computer program was having an encyclopaedic knowledge of languages, and almost every name the Doctor considered meant something rude in one language or the other. This is mentioned briefly with specific names when Samantha Wildman is trying to pick a name for her baby. For every name she suggests, the Doctor has a negative connotation to go along with it. (In the end, what's discussed in that scene is mostly irrelevant, since she's looking at boys' names and the baby ends up being a girl.) Similar to the James Bond example above, the French dub of Star Trek keeps the English pronunciation for Q, as in French the letter is pronounced the same way as the word for "ass" (cul).
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_81c0c165	comment	The two main characters of Final Fantasy: Unlimited are named Ai and Yu; these are Japanese words for "love" and "courage", and can be put together to spell yuuai ("friendship"), but also sound like the English pronouns "I" and "you". Animal Crossing: The Movie also has two main characters named Ai and Yu.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_83d81bd4	comment	"Blaze" in the Japanese version of Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War is given the moniker "Booby" in the first mission, and this name sticks with him for the rest of the game. While the nickname itself is likely a reference to the German WWII Ace Erich "Bubi" Hartmann, "booby" is a slang term for a woman's breasts, so it isn't exactly appropriate. The English version gets around this by calling Blaze "Kid" which is pretty much Hartmanns' nickname roughly translated to English.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_84782a62	comment	Played to the max with a sketch in A Bit of Fry and Laurie in which every word Laurie's hapless businessman utters is a rude word in Fry's fictional language 'Strom'.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_84f3f987	comment	Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V has Sora Shiun'in, who was given the last name Perse in the dub. In Finnish, Perse is a word for "ass", which when combined with his his first name translates as "gravel ass". The same anime had an In-Universe example - the main character's father's name, Yusyo (as the anime romanises it), is pronounced "Yuushou", which sounds like the English phrase "You show". The school that he founded is called "You Show Duel School". The English dub also pulls one on occasion for Woolseyism's sake; Yuya's Synchro Dimension counterpart is called Yugo, which sounds a lot like yuugou (Fusion), leading to Yugo being confused for a Fusion Dimension soldier. Though the English version preserves the mistake of Yugo being seen as the 'Pawn of Fusion', it can't make the pronunciation joke, so it instead has characters mishear his name as "you go!".
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_8529459f	comment	El Chavo del ocho: The word "tarado" is used in some episodes, meaning something along the lines of "idiot". However, in Brazil, the term "tarado" is the equivalent of "pervert". Bizarrely, some episodes dubbed in Brazilian Portuguese actually mantained the word despite it having a completely different meaning, so scenes such as Don RamÃ³n asking if Chavo thinks he's a tarado become much more awkward to watch.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_854344f9	comment	Younger English-speaking viewers of Schindler's List may be surprised to see the sign on Schindler's factory that says "Deutsche Emailwarenfabrik" in a film set in 1939. While obviously predating the English usage of the word "email" by several years, in German "email" means "enamel"; the text on the sign means "German Enamelware Factory" (Incidentally, Schindler says "Deutsche Emailfabrik", but the sign shows the correct name). In Germany, electronic mail is referred to as "E-Mail" (with a hyphen, pronounced the same as the English word), although simply "Mail" is used too. Note the words are only homographs - "Email" without the hyphen is a French loanword and pronounced "aigh-MY," roughly the same as the original French word.
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Schindler's List	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_854344f9
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_86061aff	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_86061aff	comment	Filipino Neptunia fans will laugh at the name of the new goddess in Victory, Pururut. Because it's also the slang word for "loose bowel movement" (diarrhea). The name has been changed to Plutia for the English release.
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_86061aff	featureApplicability	1.0
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_86061aff	featureConfidence	1.0
Neptunia (Video Game)	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_86061aff
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_86c3beca	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_86c3beca	comment	In Girl Genius, Zeetha is the Daughter of Chump, a "great warrior", and she adds the comment "And yes, I know what it means in your language." But subverted; Word of God and some supplementary materials have confirmed that Chump is an alias that Klaus Wulfenbach used in Zeetha's homeland. Current speculation is that Klaus declared himself "a chump" for the way he was duped and shipped there involuntarily, and it stuck.
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Girl Genius (Webcomic)	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_86c3beca
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_8827bf0d	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_8827bf0d	comment	Due of the way how the naming engine works, many of the regens (original players created by the computer either for filling out empty slots in teams which need the mandatory players or expies from retired players) in the Football Manager series could sound especially funny, depending of the nationality of the player, along obviously of course, real life players (see below for details). Some of those names are really memetic by themselves, like John Lenon (with a single N, and being Brazilian), Turkish "Ufuk Ozil", English "Prince Salami", American "Dick Hunter", British "Dick Monster" and Argelian Laid Gagaa.
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_8827bf0d	featureApplicability	1.0
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_8827bf0d	featureConfidence	1.0
Football Manager (Video Game)	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_8827bf0d
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_89bf8ce	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_89bf8ce	comment	This was a repeated problem on the 30 Rock episode "The Funcooker". The characters had to come up with a name for a mini-microwave after the first name had this problem. Apparently, a Franco-Dutchman would pronounce the original name "The Bitenuker" as "Bet Nyuker" which is awful. Legal rejected all of their other names as offensive in some language or another, including English (apparently they knew what Frankâ€™s suggestion of a "Hot Richard" actually meant). Finally, they agree on the name "The Funcooker". At this time, Tracy reveals on national television that thatâ€™s what he calls his anus.
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_89bf8ce	featureApplicability	1.0
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30 Rock	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_89bf8ce
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_8c2717b4	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_8c2717b4	comment	Mimika Mikagami's name from the sequel Exodus sounds like mimica (Female Mimic).
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_8c2717b4	featureApplicability	1.0
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Fafner in the Azure: Dead Aggressor	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_8c2717b4
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_8d81f086	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_8d81f086	comment	In the Monk episode "Mr. Monk Takes Manhattan", Monk hears something that sounds like "She's now gone meatless." It turns out to be "Å is nav mans mÄ“telis", which is Latvian for "This is not my coat."
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_8d81f086	featureApplicability	1.0
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Monk	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_8d81f086
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_8e595444	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_8e595444	comment	Pani Poni sounds like Finnish for "Pony fucked".
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_8e595444	featureApplicability	1.0
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_8e595444	featureConfidence	1.0
Pani Poni Dash!	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_8e595444
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_90c73dda	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_90c73dda	comment	Animorphs has an example in The Secret. The Yeerks are using a lumber company named Dapsen lumber as a front. Ax says that "Dapsen" means something impolite in Yeerkish.
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_90c73dda	featureApplicability	1.0
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Animorphs	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_90c73dda
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_91684031	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_91684031	comment	In the French version of PokÃ©mon Black and White, Seismitoad is called Crapustule (from crapaud, meaning "toad").
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_91684031	featureApplicability	1.0
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_91684031	featureConfidence	1.0
PokÃ©mon Black and White (Video Game)	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_91684031
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_943b8e1	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_943b8e1	comment	Chibita sounds the same as the Mexican Spanish word for little goat (chivita). Most native Spanish speakers likely cannot help but hear the childhood nursery rhyme "Sal de ahÃ, chivita, chivita" note Translation: Come out, little goat, little goat! playing in their heads whenever the name "Chibita" comes up. note Admit it. You're hearing it right now, too.
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Osomatsu-kun (Manga)	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_943b8e1
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_960062b7	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_960062b7	comment	My Hero Academia: Ochaco Uraraka's name is quite problematic in Mexican Spanish: her name "Ochaco" sounds like "Oh chaco" ("chaco" is the Mexican Spanish word for "nunchaku/nunchucks") and "Uraraka" sounds disturbingly similar to "Urraca"; literally "magpie" (which is rather fitting given Ochaco's black-and-white hero costume), but also a rude slang term for an annoying, talkative woman. Likewise, Izuku Midoriya's surname, when pronounced in quickly fashion, sounds like "mi rodilla" (My knee). Himiko Toga's last name in English is the name of a piece of clothing from ancient Rome consisting of a long white cloth that drapes around the shoulders.
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My Hero Academia (Manga)	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_960062b7
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_9a14c430	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_9a14c430	comment	In the opening of His and Her Circumstances "Yumei dream" sounds like "You may dream."
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_9a14c430	featureApplicability	1.0
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His and Her Circumstances (Manga)	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_9a14c430
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_9d47a2a2	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_9d47a2a2	comment	Gilly of A Song of Ice and Fire is renamed ElÃ in Spain because it is dangerously close to gili, the shorthand for "asshole".
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_9d47a2a2	featureApplicability	1.0
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A Song of Ice and Fire	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_9d47a2a2
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_9d88cea4	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_9d88cea4	comment	The title of PokkÃ©n Tournament was changed to PokÃ©mon Tekken in German because "PokkÃ©n" sounds like "Pocken", the German word for smallpox.
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_9d88cea4	featureApplicability	1.0
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_9e2f90f4	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_9e2f90f4	comment	In an episode of One Piece in a completely serious scene Nami yells the name of the character Pierre. In Japanese that's pronounced "pieru" which is Finnish for "fart". (Also, "nami" is Finnish for "yummy".) From Dressrosa Arc we have Pica, which in Brazilian Portuguese is a slang for "penis". Have fun every time someone mentions "the Great Pica" or says that "Pica is going to hit them hard".
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One Piece (Manga)	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_9e2f90f4
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_9f89a5f0	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_9f89a5f0	comment	PokÃ©mon: In the French version of PokÃ©mon Black and White, Seismitoad is called Crapustule (from crapaud, meaning "toad"). In Japanese, Jigglypuff is called Purin and Clefairy is called Pippi. In French, "purin" means "manure" and Pippi sounds like "pipi", which means "pee". In Japanese, Magmar is called Boober and Mandibuzz is called Vulgina, which sound like female body parts to English-speakers. Similarly, Umbreon is called Blacky, which is a portmanteau of the English words "black" and "lucky" but sounds like a racist slur. In German, the attack Aerial Ace is known as "Aero-Ass". Much hilarity was shared around this by the English-speaking fandom. Similarly, in PokÃ©mon Sun and Moon Golisopod is known as "Tectass". A comedic example: 'Heahea City' may get a few giggles out of Cantonese speakers, as 'hea' is a slang term that means 'to idle', or 'to laze about'. The title of PokkÃ©n Tournament was changed to PokÃ©mon Tekken in German because "PokkÃ©n" sounds like "Pocken", the German word for smallpox. Spanish-speaking players, especially if they are from Latin America, have realized that the first two syllables of Garchomp's name sound exactly like a certain slang that means "I fuck".
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_9f89a5f0	featureApplicability	1.0
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PokÃ©mon (Franchise)	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_9f89a5f0
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_9fa7d06a	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_9fa7d06a	comment	Ai Kaga's name sounds like "AhÃ caga", Spanish for "There he/she shits". In the Japanese order, her name sounds like "Caga ahÃ", "You [can] shit there".
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_9fa7d06a	featureApplicability	1.0
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Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei (Manga)	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_9fa7d06a
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_a0ff9e30	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_a0ff9e30	comment	Many years after Djelibeybi was introduced in Pyramids, Nanny Ogg's Cookbook confirmed that the phrase meaning "rubbery sweets in the shape of small children" also exists on the Disc.
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_a0ff9e30	featureApplicability	1.0
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Pyramids	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_a0ff9e30
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_a36bad5e	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_a36bad5e	comment	The Merry Wives of Windsor has Sir Hugh Evans as another thickly-accented teacher, this time giving Mrs. Page's son Latin lessons. Mrs. Quickly is offended to hear pulcher as "polecats" and horum as "whore 'em."
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_a36bad5e	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Merry Wives of Windsor (Theatre)	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_a36bad5e
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_a48bef99	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_a48bef99	comment	BoBoiBoy: Although the series is aired in and is quite popular in the Philippines, the word "bobo" in Filipino means "idiot" and is generally considered the ultimate insult amongst kids.
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_a48bef99	featureApplicability	1.0
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_a48bef99	featureConfidence	1.0
BoBoiBoy (Animation)	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_a48bef99
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_a6543322	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_a6543322	comment	Some names in the Touhou Project series can sound funny for non-Japanese players: Fujiwara no Moukou is maybe one the biggest offenders, especially in Spanish, because her name Moukou sounds as the Spanish word Moco (Snot) and that the reason she's nicknamed in Spanish as Fujiwara no Moco. The iconic MÄ�ori facial tattos are also called moko. Mamizou Futatsuiwa has the same problem as Mami Tomoe, but also another one in Mexican Spanish: Her name sounds similar like the Mexican slang word Mamila. (Roughly translated as arrogant dick) and also Mamito who is a very vulgar slang for Momma's Boy in Mexico. Sanae Kochiya's last name sounds like the word Cuchilla (blade or knife) in Spanish. Okina Matara's full name sounds even funny in either East Asian or Western orders in Spanish, once again: In the western one, her name sounds more or less exactly as "Okina will kill (someone)", especially if the you stress the accent in the last A of "Matara". In the Asian one, it will sound like "MatarÃ¡ (a) Okina" (She/He (will) kill Okina) instead. Narumi Yatadera's surname is equally funny in Spanish, as it sounds disturbingly close to "matadera", the Spanish slang word for either "massacre" or "slaughterhouse". Suika Ibuki's name could sound funnier for Romanian players, since her name "Suika" sound similar to "È›uicÄƒ" (Pronounced as "Tzuica"), which is the Romanian name for a kind of moonshine, which is particulary funny, considering Suika is a hard drinker. Russians can't let Suika go as well, since Sui-ka in Russian can be roughly translated as "come on and put it inside". Even worse with "Ibu" in "Ibuki", since yebu (which is phonetically similar) is a really obscene word for sex.
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_a6543322	featureApplicability	1.0
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Touhou Project (Franchise)	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_a6543322
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_a7a0b48b	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_a7a0b48b	comment	The name of 2B, the main heroine of NieR: Automata could sound funny for Chinese players, as 2B is the online shorthand of the Chinese word äºŒå±„ (Ãˆr bÄ«) who is normally translated as fucking idiot.
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_a7a0b48b	featureApplicability	1.0
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NieR: Automata / Videogame	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_a7a0b48b
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_a9f1e264	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_a9f1e264	comment	Chii sounds like the Mexican slang word chis which means Piss.
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_a9f1e264	featureApplicability	1.0
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_a9f1e264	featureConfidence	1.0
Chobits (Manga)	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_a9f1e264
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_ab1d9fc2	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_ab1d9fc2	comment	In Big Bird in Japan, Big Bird is extremely confused that the Japanese word for "good morning" just so happens to sound the same as the name of a U.S. state, "Ohio", and that the word for "yes" sounds like the English greeting "Hi".
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_ab1d9fc2	featureApplicability	1.0
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Big Bird in Japan	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_ab1d9fc2
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_ac4fcd09	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_ac4fcd09	comment	There's an organization called the Kurvaz in Solatorobo: Red the Hunter. They were, as the world the game takes place in is populated by anthro dogs and cats, named after the Kuvasz dog breed, but the name sounds like the word for "whore" in a lot of Slavic languages. Better hope OpÃ©ra doesn't learn about that.
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_ac4fcd09	featureApplicability	1.0
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Solatorobo: Red the Hunter (Video Game)	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_ac4fcd09
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_aca7b22d	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_aca7b22d	comment	The Amazing World of Gumball: In "The Guy," Gumball tries to embarrass Anais' new friend Josh at their lunch out by disguising himself as a waiter named "Ferzandelerp" with an indeterminate foreign accent. When Josh introduces himself, Gumball responds "In my language, Josh means toilet paper. Nice meet you."
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_aca7b22d	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Amazing World of Gumball	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_aca7b22d
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_ad97534	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_ad97534	comment	In Alien Nation, the human protagonist's name, Sykes, sounds just like an alien phrase which means "Excrement Cranium".
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_ad97534	featureApplicability	1.0
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_ad97534	featureConfidence	1.0
Alien Nation	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_ad97534
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_af8f646a	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_af8f646a	comment	While technically speaking the title is in English, Ya Boy Kongming! sounds the same as "Â¡Ya voy, Kongming!", which means "I'm coming, Kongming!", which is normally used in Spanish when someone requires your presence, like your parents, your boss, your friend(s), etc., to them.
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_af8f646a	featureApplicability	1.0
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Ya Boy Kongming! (Manga)	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_af8f646a
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_b0028436	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_b0028436	comment	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Hamon, the Japanese name for the Ripple, the name of the energy used in the first two parts, sounds the same as "JamÃ³n", the Spanish word for "Ham". In a related note, the famous "MUDA MUDA MUDA!" of Dio happens to literally mean (and also sound) "TESTICLES TESTICLES TESTICLES!" in both Serbian and Russian. Since "muda" is also Spanish for "mute" in the feminine form, Dio can appear as if he's relentlessly accusing opponents of being vocally disabled. In the fourth part, Crazy Diamond's "DORA" is also a common female name in Mexico. Predictably, this has led to jokes and memes involving Dora the Explorer in some manner. In the same part, Yoshikage Kira's name sound like "yo si cague" (I crapped myself). Which is kinda true... for his victims.
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_b0028436	featureApplicability	1.0
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_b0028436
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_b04fd6d8	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_b04fd6d8	comment	In The iDOLM@STER Shiny Colors, there's a girl named Koito Fukumaru. For Spanish-speakers, her name Koito sounds the same as the Spanish word for coitus.
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_b04fd6d8	featureApplicability	1.0
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The iDOLM@STER (Video Game)	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_b04fd6d8
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_b09be8	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_b09be8	comment	China Kousaka from Gundam Build Fighters is a very unfortunate example, as her name sounds the same as both China (The country) and the word "china" (Spanish for Chinese girl). The fact she's Japanese makes her name even more unfortunate. And to make matters worse, Sunrise released a figure of her dressed like a Beargguy III, the Gunpla she uses in the series. The name of that figure? Chinagguy Mao Yasaka is an even more unfortunate example, both in Western and Japanese orders, as his name sounds like Mao, Ya saca (suffix/noun) (Mao, please pull/take that [thing]). Depending on the suffix used in Spanish, it could sound like something straight out from a Yaoi manga. Daiki Miyaga from Gundam Build Fighters Try is another example: His last name sounds like Mi llaga (My sore). From the same series, the name of the school Shimon Izuna belongs to is named Joto. While both in Japanese and English is pronounced as "Yoh-toh", in Mexican Spanish, when pronounced phonetically as "Hoh-Toh", it sounds like the Mexican slang for fag.
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_b09be8	featureApplicability	1.0
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Gundam Build Fighters	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_b09be8
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_b18d447c	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_b18d447c	comment	To Love Ru's Rito Yuuki sounds pretty funny in Spanish, since his name sounds like a faux male form of the Spanish name "Rita", not to mention "Rito" sounds the same like the Spanish suffix -rito used mainly as a diminutive (as in SeÃ±orito (Young master) or even worse: Condorito.) It doesn't help that both Rito and Condorito are both Accidental Perverts.
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_b18d447c	featureApplicability	1.0
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To Love Ru (Manga)	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_b18d447c
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_b1c94339	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_b1c94339	comment	The name of the eponymous Horatio Hornblower sounds extremely raunchier for Spanish-speakers, especially Mexican ones, when his last name Hornblower is translated to Spanish: Hornblower is translated as Sopla Trompeta(s) and in the Mexican dialect, that word is an Unusual Euphemism for oral sex. Basically, his name can be translated in a vulgar way as Horatio Cocksucker.
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Horatio Hornblower	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_b1c94339
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_b24837f5	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_b24837f5	comment	An example of both types: In Simon the Sorcerer 2, a man called Um Bongo tells the protagonist that his name would mean Stupid rabbit's colon.
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_b24837f5	featureApplicability	1.0
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_b24837f5	featureConfidence	1.0
Simon the Sorcerer (Video Game)	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_b24837f5
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_b3710362	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_b3710362	comment	Troy was released in Italy under the title "The Trojan War", because the Italian word for Troy is also Italian slang for "prostitute".
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_b3710362	featureApplicability	1.0
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Troy	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_b3710362
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_b618b457	comment	In the first book, "I seem to be having tremendous difficulty with my lifestyle" is a deadly insult in the Vl'hurg language, tantamount to an act of war; fortunately, the Vl'hurgs misjudge the size of Earth and have their space fleet eaten by a small dog when they launch an attack.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_b8bc5907	comment	A tame example: In Spanish, "Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo" sounds like someone calling another person a "dummy" over and over again. Hence to many Spanish speakers, the title of this series refers to "what little children call each other when they get upset".
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_b9b06d7e	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_b9b06d7e	comment	When Borat hosted the MTV Video Music Awards, he at one point giggled when saying Shakira's name. He then explained that "Shakira" is Kazakh for "vagina". At the end of the show, he tells the audience he will later attempt to "Get into Brittany Murphy's 'shakira'."
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_ba2f2d56	comment	In the Czech film Kolya, this leads to an argument between the Russian protagonist and his Czech stepfather Louka, when Kolya insists that the Soviet flag is krasnyi ("red") and Louka interprets it as krÃ¡snÃ½ ("beautiful") and strongly disagrees. To be fair, "red" has occasionally been used to refer to beautiful things in archaic Russian, such as fairy tales. Specifically, the phrase krasna devitsa is generally understood as meaning "beautiful girl" (possibly due to the practice of Russian girls rubbing their cheeks with red beets to add artificial blush).
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_bb8d2f1a	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_bb8d2f1a	comment	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: In the first book, "I seem to be having tremendous difficulty with my lifestyle" is a deadly insult in the Vl'hurg language, tantamount to an act of war; fortunately, the Vl'hurgs misjudge the size of Earth and have their space fleet eaten by a small dog when they launch an attack. And then there's the fact that "Belgium" is the most vile swear word in the galaxy everywhere except on Earth. According to The Restaurant at the End of the Universe every planet seems to have a drink or other food item whose name is pronounced approximately the same as "gin and tonics", no matter what said item ends up actually being. A throwaway line after the random explanation of this fact implies that it may apply to other drinks as well.
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_bb8d2f1a
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_bcdcf629	comment	In Transformers: Animated the Dinobot Snarl (the triceratops) is clearly a reference to the Generation 1 character "Slag", but was renamed because "slag" is a slang term for a promiscuous woman in the UK. Hasbro also confirmed in 2008 that they will no longer be using the name "Slag" for any new toys.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_c095f21d	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_c095f21d	comment	Simoun has Aeru, whose name means great love in the language of one of the neighboring kingdoms.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_c095f21d	featureConfidence	1.0
Simoun	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_c095f21d
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_c162446f	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_c162446f	comment	In The Bizarre Adventures of Woodruff and the Schnibble the beautiful female moderator's name is Coh Cott, which pronounced sounds like Czech and Slovak cuss, meaning "dick".
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_c162446f	featureApplicability	1.0
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_c162446f	featureConfidence	1.0
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_c19c6efa	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_c19c6efa	comment	A since-removed splash screen in Minecraft (although still included in the Legacy Console Edition) reads "SOPA means LOSER in Swedish!" It actually means "garbage" as a noun or "to sweep" as a verb, but is often used as a insult in Sweden, so it kinda works.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_c2463c53	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_c2463c53	comment	The town of Jachol in Final Fantasy V is basically pronounced the same as the Filipino slang word for masturbation.
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Final Fantasy V (Video Game)	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_c2463c53
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_c274e61	comment	There's a very good reason why Spanish-speaking fans of the Japanese idol group AKB48 prefers to spell the name with either the intended spelling of itnote as Akiba 48, in Spanish as Akiba Cuarenta y Ocho, being Akiba the Japanese shorthand for Akihabara, or spelling the initials using English phonetics, since pronouncing the band's name with each letter separately in Spanish (As "Ah-Kah-Beh 48") sounds exactly as the Spanish word AcabÃ©, who is the Spanish for both I'm (already) finished (something) or I (already) killed (someone)note As AcabÃ© (con) 48 (I killed 48 people). Even worse if you take out the letter "B" and sustract a number and it sounds like the Russian machine gun AK-47note Pronounced in Spanish as "Ah-Kah Cuarenta y Siete".
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_c3d129cd	comment	Issei Hyodo sounds similar to Hice Yodo (As both I made Iodine or I pissed Iodine). Keep in mind the letter H is silent in Spanish and French.
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High School DÃ—D	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_c3d129cd
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_c4dc9e01	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_c4dc9e01	comment	Nico Yazawa's name is somewhat troublesome in Spanish, Italian and Serbian, as "Nico/Niko" is normally a male name in those regions and, at least in Spanish, Nico is a diminutive of "Nicolas".
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Love Live! (Franchise)	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_c4dc9e01
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_c710754f	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_c710754f	comment	In Fantasy Life's Origin Island DLC, the Islanders get some amusement from the name of the player's home dimension, Reveria. Apparently in their language "reveria" means something along the lines of "warm, snuggly toes."
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_c710754f	featureApplicability	1.0
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Fantasy Life (Video Game)	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_c710754f
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_c8847d6	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_c8847d6	comment	In Peter and the Starcatchers, Alf's name makes the natives of Shell Island laugh. They explain that in their language it means "squid poop".
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_c8847d6	featureApplicability	1.0
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Peter and the Starcatchers	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_c8847d6
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_ce50887e	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_ce50887e	comment	Dragon Ball Z: Some Spanish-speakers tend to giggle when the name "Kakarotto"/"Kakarot" is heard, since the "kaka" part sounds like caca, which means "crap." The same problem occurs in Italy, where "Kakarot" was changed to "Kaharot". This is the reason "Chichi"'s name got translated as "Milk" in the Mexican dub as "Chichi" means "tit/boob" in most parts of Mexico. By bizarre coincidence, Chichi also means "milk" or "udder" in Japanese, and is a slang word for "tits" (from a baby word for "breast"). Oddly Chichi was never renamed in Spain, despite it being slang for "vagina". In-universe example: When Bulma went aboard the Namek spaceship, the ship started doing all sorts of weird stuff, opening doors and dragging her around. Mr. Popo explained that she kept saying things that translated to legitimate requests in the Namek language.
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Dragon Ball (Manga)	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_ce50887e
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_d502170c	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_d502170c	comment	In German, the attack Aerial Ace is known as "Aero-Ass". Much hilarity was shared around this by the English-speaking fandom. Similarly, in PokÃ©mon Sun and Moon Golisopod is known as "Tectass".
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_d502170c	featureApplicability	1.0
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PokÃ©mon Sun and Moon (Video Game)	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_d502170c
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_d89cbc1a	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_d89cbc1a	comment	In Find Us Alive, Love invokes this as an excuse to name her Outer Kingdoms character Skunkass, saying it "means something different in the goblin language".
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Find Us Alive (Podcast)	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_d89cbc1a
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_d908efc	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_d908efc	comment	Tanjiro Kamado's surname sounds as two-letter short from the word "encamado" (Spanish for "bed-ridden").
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_d908efc	featureApplicability	1.0
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_d908efc	featureConfidence	1.0
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Manga)	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_d908efc
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_d9f38557	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_d9f38557	comment	In Venom (Donny Cates), Knull's name is Swedish for "fuck" in the context of sex.
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_d9f38557	featureApplicability	1.0
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_d9f38557	featureConfidence	1.0
Venom (Donny Cates) (Comic Book)	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_d9f38557
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_da72cf97	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_da72cf97	comment	Trails Series: The monotheistic goddess worshiped across Zemuria is named Aidios. In Spanish, her name pronounced phonetically sounds exactly as the exclamation Â¡Ay, Dios! (Oh god!), making any scene when the characters invoke her name incredibly awkward for Spanish-speaking players. In actuality, it's pronounced as "A-dee-ose", something that's not apparent unless you're playing The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel, as it features several lines of English voice acting. The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky lacks any voice acting outside of battle quotes, so you won't hear it unless you've unlocked Kloe's final S-Craft where she pronounces it correctly. Similarly, the kingdom where Sky takes place is named "liberl", which leads most players assuming it's pronounced like the word "liberal" with a stress at the end when Cold Steel would clarify it has the somewhat unintuitive pronunciation of "lie-burr-ull".
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Trails Series (Video Game)	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_da72cf97
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_daff6a21	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_daff6a21	comment	Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds protagonist Yusei's name sounds like "you say".
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Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_daff6a21
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_dbb6bdf2	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_dbb6bdf2	comment	In the Mork & Mindy episode "Mork Meets Robin Williams", Mork tells Mindy that on Ork, "Robin" means... something we never get to hear. But apparently it's disgusting.
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Mork & Mindy	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_dbb6bdf2
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_dc1452d6	comment	At the beginning of The Cutting Edge, Doug wakes up in a panic upon realizing that he overslept and is late for the championship game and is completely confused as to why, as the alarm was set for nine o'clock. His one-night stand is equally confused as to why he's upset, seeming to agree with him "Yes, nine alarm?" Doug doesn't realize it because he's too flustered, but viewers who know German (which Doug apparently doesn't) know that she's actually saying "Nein alarm." "Nein" is German for "No". Doug thought he was making it clear that he wanted the alarm to go off at nine, while she thought he was saying that he didn't want the alarm set at all (presumably she either didn't set it or turned it off after he did, thinking that he didn't want it).
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The Cutting Edge	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_dc1452d6
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_dc4363c5	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_dc4363c5	comment	True Blood: Sookie's first name was changed to Sokie in the Russian dub because "Sookie" sounds like "bitches" in Russian. On the other hand, "Sokie" sounds like "juices", but it seems they decided it was the better option regardless.
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_dc4363c5	featureApplicability	1.0
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True Blood	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_dc4363c5
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_de8ae019	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_de8ae019	comment	Taken to the logical conclusion in the Star Carrier series, where the similarity of "Turusch", the name of one of the enemy races, to "tush" and "trash" has led to Confederation military personnel using those words to Nickname the Enemy.
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_de8ae019	featureApplicability	1.0
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Star Carrier	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_de8ae019
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_dfa058cc	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_dfa058cc	comment	The Rudimental song "Not Giving In" became a meme in Finland, because the title sounds like "nakkivene", which translates to "wiener boat" in Finnish. When the group performed the song at a Finnish music festival, people threw wieners with small "sails" at the stage.
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Rudimental (Music)	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_dfa058cc
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_e0e9e54d	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_e0e9e54d	comment	In Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Lorelei remarks that "the French use the word 'sheik' for everything, while we only seem to use it for gentlemen when they seem to resemble Rudolf Valentino."
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_e21a006	comment	When the BTS song "Fake Love" aired on US radio, stations censored the Korean words niga (you) and naega (I) out of fear that they could be mistaken for a racial slur.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_e21a006	featureConfidence	1.0
BTS (Music)	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_e21a006
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_e4501142	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_e4501142	comment	The first name of Ms. Marvel (2014), Kamala, is derived from the Arabic word "kamal" which means "perfection". However, "Kamala" is also a name in Sanskrit that means "lotus", and is a variation on the name of Kamalatmika, the Hindu goddess of wealth. Less flatteringly, in Finnish, her name would mean something along the lines of "dreadful".
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_e58a9c23	comment	The Olsen-banden series and its Norwegian & Swedish adaptations feature a few jokes based on characters misunderstanding each other due to the language barrier, particularly with false friends between German and the Scandinavian languages. For example:
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_e7e37776	comment	Duncan has mentioned that one of the reasons he loves Cherijo is because her name doesn't mean anything in any of the — I'm gonna go with — hundreds of languages he speaks. (This is partly because her name is actually an acronym.)
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Firefly	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_e7e37776
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_eb17300c	comment	In the Justice League story which marked one of his first appearances on Earth, everyone who first encounters the alien bounty hunter Lobo replies "Lobo? Like the wolf?" only to be told "actually it's from a Khundish (alien) dialect, meaning 'he who devours your entrails and thoroughly enjoys it.'" Eventually, Lobo decides it's easier to just say "Yeah, like the wolf."
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Justice League of America (Franchise)	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_eb17300c
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_eedac02b	type	In My Language, That Sounds Like...
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_eedac02b	comment	Durarara!! sounds like saying (It will) la-la-last.
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_eedac02b	featureApplicability	1.0
In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_eedac02b	featureConfidence	1.0
Durarara!!	hasFeature	In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_eedac02b
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_ef076a36	comment	While not bringing up specific names, this was apparently one of the reasons the Doctor in Star Trek: Voyager never permanently settled on a name over the course of the series (at least, in a timeline that lasted) — among the perks of being a computer program was having an encyclopaedic knowledge of languages, and almost every name the Doctor considered meant something rude in one language or the other. This is mentioned briefly with specific names when Samantha Wildman is trying to pick a name for her baby. For every name she suggests, the Doctor has a negative connotation to go along with it. (In the end, what's discussed in that scene is mostly irrelevant, since she's looking at boys' names and the baby ends up being a girl.)
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_f38f5664	comment	This is later averted in further episodes of The Lion Guard, when they started to use Japanese names, despite the African setting of the show. So we have a giraffe named Shingo (a Japanese male name) and a snow monkey named Yuki, whose name simply means "snow".
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_f74b5f80	comment	Babylon 5: It gives us the following exchange: One episode revolved around the claim that "Death first" sounds like Minbari for "I yield to you". It was a ploy to get rid of Sheridan by making it look as if he'd shot a surrendering Minbari. The connection is genuine but not really close enough to confuse them (the Minbari phrase sounds more like "dayah f-hirst"), and the scheme hinged on a lying witness.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_fa31ee5b	comment	In One Piece: Unlimited Cruise 1 and 2, there's a funny bit for Swedish players. When using the Gomu Gomu no Fuusen you have to jump and then press the attack button. When jumping Luffy makes a noise sounding like (h)aahp, when using the aforementioned technique he says fuusen rather quickly. Time these to sounds right and Luffy says aputek, which is really close to the Swedish word apotek which means chemists shop.
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_fdbace96	comment	Gravity Falls: The word "legal" is used frequently in the episodes, however the Brazilian Portuguese dub avoided that word because in Portuguese, the word "legal" has two meanings: the same one as in English, and a more colloquial, widespread meaning of "cool". To avoid confusion with the second, more common meaning, the translators replaced the term in different ways. For example, in "Irrational Treasure", the word is replaced by the synonym "lÃcito" (meaning "lawful"). In "The Time Traveler's Pig", Mabel originally asks Grunkle Stan if what he's doing is legal, and Stan replies "When there's no cops around, anything is legal". The dub used the antonym in this case, with Mabel instead asking if it's illegal, and Stan responding that "When there's no cops around, nothing is illegal".
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In My Language, That Sounds Like... / int_ff9ab17f	comment	Though the show never established it, the Star Trek: The Next Generation novel Ghost Ship claims that Troi calls William Riker (who is generally addressed as "Will") "Bill" because "bill" is the Betazoid word for "shaving cream" and Riker's scent reminds her of the type her father used. (Given that this is both the show and the character where "Growing the Beard" came from, this is all kinds of amusing).
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