False friends
I thought it would be fun to try to find polish words that have funny meaning for czechs. I started with writing it by hand, asking people and it took me at least an hour to find out that lists like this one already do exist and that such words are called “false friends”. Nevertheless, I think this list contains some words that no other (easily findable) false friends lists contain (at least nozki, nozyczki, plywac and prawie).
A few remarks concerning polish pronunciation ((mainly) for czech people): ć and cz – č, ó – u, ł - english w.
| Polish word | Czech meaning | Real meaning |
| szukać | to fuck | to search |
| nóżki | scissors | little legs |
| nożyczki | little legs | scissors (duh) |
| kwiecień | may | april |
| jagoda | strawberry | blueberry |
| pływać | to spit | to swim |
| rak | crawfish | cancer |
| prawie | exactly | almost |
| ostatni | the rest | the last |
| poprawić | to execute | to improve |
| sklep | cellar | shop |
| piwnica | pub | cellar |
| płyn | gas | liquid |
| zachód | toilet | west |
| zapach | stink | aroma (smell) |
| droga | drug | way |
| palec | thumb | finger |
| zmęczony | reduced | tired |
Feel free to write more in the comments. :-)
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A side story:
Finding out how “edit html source” window in wordpress behaves
Will pressing escape close the window?
Nah, probably not…
Well, let’s try it to make sure…
@%#$^&{€¶ŧ→ø@#°’&ĐŁ
One line corresponds to aproximately one second of thinking. Of course, the table with all the words was gone. I couldn’t even believe I did something this stupid for no real reason.
6 thoughts on “False friends”
tasuki 2006-09-29
Finally a post I am happy with… after a long time of posting total crap…
Ondra 2006-10-01
Jen zajímavost z výborné knihy Prevít na vysoké.
Chápu, že bychom toho po Němci Erichu Mariovi Remarque(ovi) asi chtěli moc, ale zamyslel-li by se ve třicátých letech lépe nad českým významem polského překladu názvu jedné ze svých nejznámějších knih, možná by ji vydal pod názvem jiným. Polsky je to: “Na zachodzie niema nowin”. :D
tasuki 2006-10-01
Kdyz jsem dal na polske wikipedii szukat Ericha Mario Remarqua, napsalo mi to, ze polsky nazew je “Na Zachodzie bez zmian”. Ale taky dobre. :)
Drc 2006-10-08
Erich Mario Ramarque? Tady nekdo daval na cestine pozor co chlapci? :licknose:
tasuki 2006-10-08
Drc: prosimte co ma Remarque spolecneho s cestinou? ;-)
kotasia 2006-10-16
a czerstwe? :licknose:
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