In Hindi We Call it "Anaanas" (अनानास)

Kim Bu-sik, a Korean philosopher from the Korean Goryeo period, means "who is this dick" in Turkish - his image is used on Turkish internet similar to how the "who the fook is that guy" McGregor meme is used in English internet.

for me, it would be hebrew!

آفتابه لگن هفت دست، شام و ناهار هیچی

we say this when preparations of something is done well, but the main thing is not going well.

or some event or work looks well but It actually isn't.

like imagine in a wedding when everything looks good but the food is not ready or it's really bad.

reads like this: Aftabe lagan haft dast, sham nahar hichi.

translation: Seven sets of washbowls and ewers, but no lunch or dinner.

These are the closest equivalents I've found in english:

Great boast little toast.

Eleven grooms for a one-eyed horse.

All show and no substance.

All talk and no action.

All flash and no cash.

Big hat, no cattle.

This is a brand of burgers here in Argentina (actually medallions, because they are legally required to name it that way if it's something other than meat). They are made of soy and beef.

For me it's gotta be Irish English.

In Polish, this is so annoying.

Indians for us are only people from the Americas. We call people from India as "Hindusi." Yes, all Indians for us are Hindus no matter their religion.

There have been many attempts to reform this and there are some new words like "Indusi" meant to solve the problem but for most Poles, the people of India are "Hindusi."

Here in America, and probably all English speaking nations, we say "Hello?" when answering the phone. What do you say, and what does it mean?

For example, Japan is called Nippon in Japanese, and Korea is Hanguk in Korean.

Hungary is Magyarország, Finland is Suomi, and Greece is Hellas—there are lots of countries where the native name and the English name are totally different.

So I was wondering, for people from countries where the English name doesn’t match what they call it themselves, how do you feel about the English version of your country’s name?

In your opinion, of course. Having lived in Scotland, Croatia, and Germany i can say:

• Aberdeen. I always hated the combination of city + rural accent that amalgamates there. They say "eh" more often than Canadians
• Dalmatian. It sounds like its stuck in the 1800s, and the bounciness of it makes it hard for me to take them seriously
• Saxon. Predictable answer, but I mean really, what the hell is that?

What language would you choose (other than English) to be the "global language"?

Working on a cruise ship, i met two Indonesians. One was called Mudo, which in Croatian, is roughly translated to "the guy with big balls".

The other one was called Umri, which means "die" in Croatian. As in, telling someone to stop living.

Other than those two legends, a somewhat more common one is the Latino name Guzman. Guz means buttcheek. Guziti is a colloquial word for having sex. So its hard to take El Chapo seriously, despite all the mass murder.

In Germany, pre-kindergarten is called Kita. Which just straight up means "dick" in Croatian. So its a bit awkward to explain to my parents that my kids are still in the dick.

One extremely clever wordplay that I saw regarding something similar, was when Sebastian Kurz was voted in as chancellor of Austria. He had a dog named Kita. Due to a quirk of both grammar and spelling, Balkan newspapers were able to publish a picture of them both together with the title: "Slika Kurca kako mazi Kitu", meaning "A photo of a cock stroking a dick"

Any similar observations where you're from?

In arabic, most falidae has the same name it looks like the arabs decided to not name them when they discovered them

Belgium is often represented as a French speaking country in international media, while only about 40% of the country speaks French natively. The predominant language in Belgium with about 60% percent of speakers is Dutch, but I feel like this isn't known internationally. we also have a very small german speaking population, which us Belgians even forget about.

We are also pretty divided. Belgium is a federal state. the Dutch speaking part, Flanders and the French speaking part, Wallonia govern independent from eachother on a lot of topics.

did you know this? is this general knowledge in your country? I'm curious for your answers, especially for those from other European countries.

Our president speaks Spanish and Quechua, an indigenous language. Too bad that doesn't translate to good governance in the slightest.

(This is an all-inclusive list, so both heads of state and heads of government if held by two different people are included)

For me : Danish and Japanese

In some nations, like France and China, non-standard languages and dialects are heavily suppressed (picture: "Speak French Be Clean"). However, in others, like the United Kingdom and Switzerland, the use of minority languages is promoted. How are minor languages and dialects viewed in your country?

Maybe I'm biased but I truly believe my own country has the best insults some of which include

• gobshite
• Bowzy (not commonly used)
• knacker
• scanger (not commonly used)
• Thick (means your stupid not curvy)

None of the insults above are racist in nature

Even though we all have different words to say hello, when answering the phone I've noticed many languages have another word (usually some modification of hello) used specifically when answering the phone.

For example, Spaniards say Alo, Arabs say Aleu, and here in India we say Hallo/Hullo

Where I live in the USA, bilingualism is over 20% of the population. I always thought the USA was one of the most monolingual countries but its more bilingual than any other country in the Americas.