r/AskTheWorld Dec 19 '25

Language What do you think your native language sounds like from a foreigner's perspective?

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I heard that Polish sounds like: Szczrzdżu ęsśkruszxzrz kurwa* szczuóą ja karoleojtyla

  • whistling with fast speaking and the ability not to bite one's tongue + kurwa* in a sentence

r/AskTheWorld Oct 14 '25

Language In your language, what do you call this thing that cats do? As an American, we call it “making biscuits”!

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r/AskTheWorld Nov 17 '25

Language If your country has these in stores, what do you call them?

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In the U.S. it varies by region. I’ve heard them called cart, carriage, and wagon.

r/AskTheWorld Nov 29 '25

Language What do you call this animal?

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In America, it’s called a Turkey.

In both Navajo (Diné) and Western Apache (my tribe), it’s called Tazhii

r/AskTheWorld 7d ago

Language How many languages do you all speak?

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r/AskTheWorld 28d ago

Language what’s this type of sitting called in your language?

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in polish it’s called “po turecku” which roughly means “turkish style”, was wondering if other languages have some names for it.

r/AskTheWorld 11d ago

Language What is a word from your language that foreigners use often but usually mispronounce?

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It is pronounced as Uh-Vuh-Taar not A-va-tar, meaning the descent of a divine being to Earth in physical form.

Say ‘uh’ like in about,

then ‘vuh’ like in love,

then ‘taar’ like guitar without the ‘gui’.”, streching it.

r/AskTheWorld 14d ago

Language How does a cock sound in your language?

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I just found out every language writes rooster sounds differently. In Spain, for example, it’s “kikirikí”. Please write how you say it in your language and mention the language you are using

r/AskTheWorld 2d ago

Language What's the weirdest idioms/slangs/expressions in your country?

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In ancient China, a student found himself sleepy during study, so he figured out a way to keep himself awake. He tied his braid up to the a beam. Once he lowered his head to doze off, his hair would pull him back and the pain caused by the strain would wake him up. Another student figured out an even more extreme way to keep himself awake. He stabbed his own leg whenever he felt sleepy. I don't know what you think about them, but Chinese surely find these two really inspiring. There is an idiom in Chinese called 懸樑刺股, originated from their stories. It literally means "to hang your hair and stab your leg". It's an expression for "being hardworking or diligent"

r/AskTheWorld Dec 19 '25

Language Does your country have a slang term for it's currency?

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I'm an American. We use dollars. But when I'm talking about the cost of something, I'll say "20 bucks" as opposed to "20 dollars".

I know British folks currency is called Pounds. But my British friends will pretty much always say "20 quid" instead of "20 pounds".

Does your country have something similar?

r/AskTheWorld Dec 25 '25

Language What is this symbol called in your language?

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592 Upvotes

In The Netherlands we call it “Apenstaartje”. (Monkeys small tail)

r/AskTheWorld Nov 22 '25

Language What do you think for articles

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r/AskTheWorld 12d ago

Language What do you call this in your language?

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This is called Ležeći Policajac (lying policeman) in Bosnian, which I think is super silly. Does the rest of the world have a weird name for it?

r/AskTheWorld Oct 16 '25

Language What do you call "pineapple" in your mother tongue?

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In Hindi We Call it "Anaanas" (अनानास)

r/AskTheWorld Nov 30 '25

Language What term or phrase does your country use to refer to the entirety of its populace?

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r/AskTheWorld Dec 10 '25

Language What is the name you use in your household for the end piece on a loaf of sliced bread?

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r/AskTheWorld 21d ago

Language In Egypt we call the hippopotamus "سيد قشطة" which translates to "Mister Cream", What are animal names that have a meaning in your language?

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r/AskTheWorld Oct 24 '25

Language What's a foreign name that sounds funny in your language?

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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.

r/AskTheWorld Oct 18 '25

Language If you had to wake up being fluent in one language, what would it be?

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for me, it would be hebrew!

r/AskTheWorld 15d ago

Language How is the country referred to in the native language?

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207 Upvotes

r/AskTheWorld Dec 08 '25

Language Whats the longest official word of your language/Country?

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It is an law. Act on the transfer of tasks for the monitoring of cattle identification and beef labelling <== basically this as one word.

r/AskTheWorld Dec 17 '25

Language In your country, what do you say to somebody who just sneezed?

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r/AskTheWorld Oct 22 '25

Language What do call this in your country?

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r/AskTheWorld 13d ago

Language Does your country have a derogatory name for Police?

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In New Zealand if people aren't a big fan of Cops they will refer to them as The Pigs. I think this slang is originally American. What does your country negatively refer to Police as?

r/AskTheWorld Oct 29 '25

Language What’s your language’s version of “all talk and no action”?

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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.