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The next time you’re in Romania, don’t call anything crap unless you want someone to hand you a fish sandwich. In Romania, they did the old switcheroo on the letters a and r, so carp, the fish, became crap. Just a little less appetizing for English speakers. Learn about 15 other common words that used to have totally different meanings.
English words that have different meanings in other languages!
The next time you’re in Romania, don’t call anything crap unless you want someone to hand you a fish sandwich. In Romania, they did the old switcheroo on the letters a and r, so carp, the fish, became crap. Just a little less appetizing for English speakers. Learn about 15 other common words that used to have totally different meanings.