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Explicit advertising (Swedish/German)

A Swedish friend of mine came to visit me in Germany. She was quite shocked when she saw a number of shop signs saying °­²Ôü±ô±ô±ð°ù, meaning sensation. Apparently there's a very similar word in Swedish which literally means 'having it off'.

Sent by: Susanne

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Livia 2005-06-28

The French have a good reason for thinking that British people are 'dirty' - all those sale signs in our shops!

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Mahsa 2005-06-22

'Ann' in Farsi means something quite horrible (lets just say the end-product of digestion)! I always think of that when I see Ann Robinson :)

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