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Old 02-08-08 | 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Quijibo187
are you implying that a word in one language can't mean something else in another?
No. I am stating, however, that often a well-known foreign word sounds silly when it is expropriated for a different usage. Like in this case. What would "name name name" mean when uttered by a fat person noshing on cake?

Though, on second thought, I might be assuming too much when it comes to Americans being aware of foreign languages, this is true.
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