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USC prof no longer teaching after using Chinese word that sounds like racial slur (www.campusreform.org) 🐂 Bullshit 💩
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– libman [S] 2 points ago +2 / -0

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_friend

I understand English, Russian, and a bit of several languages. There are lots of words that sound similar but have different meanings in different languages, even the relatively close European languages.

Pretty much every sound combination means something naughty in some language...

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