THE RESULTS IN FULL• THE TEN FOREIGN WORDS THAT WERE VOTED HARDEST TO TRANSLATE
1 ilunga [Tshiluba word for a person who is ready to forgive any abuse for the first time; to tolerate it a second time; but never a third time. Note: Tshiluba is a Bantu language spoken in south-eastern Congo, and Zaire]
2 shlimazl [Yiddish for a chronically unlucky person]3 radioukacz [Polish for a person who worked as a telegraphist for the resistance movements on the Soviet side of the Iron Curtain]
4 naa [Japanese word only used in the Kansai area of Japan, to emphasise statements or agree with someone]
5 altahmam [Arabic for a kind of deep sadness]
6 gezellig [Dutch for cosy]
7 saudade [Portuguese for a certain type of longing]
8 selathirupavar [Tamil for a certain type of truancy]
9 pochemuchka [Russian for a person who asks a lot of questions]
10 klloshar [Albanian for loser]
• THE TEN [British ] ENGLISH WORDS THAT WERE VOTED HARDEST TO TRANSLATE1 plenipotentiary
2 gobbledegook
3 serendipity
4 poppycock (known in the U.S.)
5 googly (a cricket term, not common U.S. Usage, , definition here)
6 Spam
7 whimsy
8 bumf (not widely used in the U.S., definition here)
9 chuffed--the very useful English to American dictionary says, "happy with life". In other places, quite put out
10 kitsch
my dream is about previous boy friend and i recognize his face but the he treats me is like my current boyfriend.... Can i ask what is the mening of my dream?
Posted by: ija mia | Wednesday, December 13, 2006 at 06:43 PM
I saw a bag full with money (New 1000 note Nigerian currency) worth 3million in a bush, I picked the bag and then began to pay all the bepth I have. Also, I dreamt of me having sex with a lady I don't know. Can you explain what is happening or about to happen to me? Please.
Posted by: Caleb Eric Mayor | Saturday, December 23, 2006 at 06:52 AM
This is not a dream interpretation blog.
Posted by: Liz | Saturday, December 23, 2006 at 11:20 AM
Every now and then I have dreams of meeting, hanging out even talking to the Jonas Brothers but never got to even shake their hands! I'm obssessed with them. I cannot get over them! I L.O.V.E. them and I like having dreams about them but why is that and how can I try to dream about them or anything a lot.
Posted by: Miley Cyrus | Thursday, January 31, 2008 at 05:13 PM
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Posted by: Nick DeMetro | Thursday, January 31, 2008 at 09:15 PM
Funny words :) Hard to translate, much harder to understand.
Posted by: celebrity tube | Friday, November 20, 2009 at 12:34 PM
I dream of my late mother she was so beatiful she had a pink shifon on her head. Shea said she is tired and she want me to take her out where she is she siad take me out with 9 cows. What does this mean.
Posted by: Thalitha | Monday, February 07, 2011 at 06:07 AM