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Old 22.05.2007, 16:26
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Re: Whilst out shopping...

It also works the same with some of our English food. I was talking about the apparent English love of fish and chips with a swiss friend and mentioned a common thing to have as a side dish is mushy peas. Cue a look of shock followed by an explantion that "mushy" in swiss can also mean a certain part of a woman's anatomy. Also managed to turn to this friends mother and when explaining about reindeer at Christmas and the names from the song "rudolph the red nosed reindeer" found that "vixen" also has a completely different meaning here...................
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