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Perhaps one word or phrase where you come from might have another meaning where I come from?

Post examples below and lets find out some fun trivia about where we come from :)

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I haven't been a member of the Komm long, but so far this is my favorite discussion thread. I love hearing about different words and phrases from other countries! I even like hearing about different words and phrases from other parts of the U.S.!

I'm trying to think of something that is unique to Michigan...We call the top part of my state the U.P. (stands for Upper Peninsula). Most people from Michigan identify where they are from by using the back of their hands because Michigan looks like a mitten or the back of someone's hand. People who live in the lower part of the state call people from the upper part of the state (or the U.P.) Yoopers (derived from "U.P.-ers") and I've heard that they call us "trolls" because we "live under the bridge" (there's a bridge connecting the upper and lower parts of Michigan).

Erm.. In England we have alot of sayings not such if this only happens here or in other countries:

Let's have a butchers -> Let's have a look

Where's my dog and bone? -> Where's my phone?

In Northern Ireland we say "What's da crac?" which means "What is going on" we also say "the crac was ninety" which routhly translated means  " I had a good time"

I live in Canada, where smarties are candy-coated choocolate (like m&ms, but better), but Americans have smarties, too, but in Canada, they're called rockets.

I'm my country (Paraguay) there is a very strange way to say "let's all pitch in money" (usually to buy more beer). We say, in spanish of course, "let make a little cow". Hagamos la vaquita. I have no idea who came up with this but thats a thing here. 

Canada!

 

Here in Saskatchewan, we do say eh. A lot. But it's not like we stress it. Usually we just forget we say it at all, like, oh, did I say eh in that sentence? Really?

 

And no, WE DO NOT SAY ABOOT. Where does that even come from?

 

Search Rick Mercer: Talking to Americans. It's hilarious. And for the person I met in America once, sorry, I lied, I don't actually live in an igloo and have a pet polar bear.

Okay, so in my country there is a saying, usually if you chop onion rings a bit wrong...

"Cut those onion rings a bit thinner, or if you feed it to a cow, the cow will blow up!"

No lie. My Mom tells me this all the time.

I'm brazilian, and in portuguese we have a beautiful word that can't be translated in any language:

"Saudades"

is the feeling you get when you don't see people you like. It's like longing for someone, or feeling homesick, but can be applied to anything. "Saudades".

In South Africa we refer to traffic lights as "robots" for some odd reason...

I'm from North Carolina.

Here are a couple of terms commonly used in the area I'm from:

Over yonder, you guys might know it as OVER THERE.

Just down the road, you fellas might know it as A ROAD TRIP 

because it usually means your going 15 to 30 miles down the road.

Eureka! means the same thing as BOBS YOUR UNCLE or THAT'S UNBELIEVABLE. 

I'm from Canada and we have unique words and food that no one else has.

1) Poutine- Fries covered in cheese curds and gravy

2)Smarties- Like M&M's but with less artificial coloring

3) Knapsack- What we call a Backpack 

4) 2-4 - I often hear adults say they're going to get a 2-4 of beer instead of saying 24

5) Washroom- What we call a Bathroom

6) Toonie- Our $2 coin

And my personal favorite is the word we use to describe stupid and clumsy people who drink lots of beer- a hoser- We also our the home of some of Americans favorite shows, actors, comedians and singers such as Mike Myers, Ryan Gosling, Jim Carry, Shania Twain, Justin Bieber, Drake, Nina Dobrev, Martin Short, Rookie Blue etc.

hello to all beasts out there.. i am Greek..and there is a word that does not have an exact translation in any other language. "Filotimo"  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filotimo

Philosopher Thales of Miletus also explained:
“Philotimo to the Greek is like breathing. A Greek is not a Greek without it. He might as well not be alive”.

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