Perfectly ordinary language that is awkward or worse in meaning in another language

[draganid]

i know in french seal (like the animal) is phoque. sounds like fuck

[Ripster42]

I've heard preservative is French for condom.

[Belize]

A seal is Phoque in French, and is pronounced fuck.

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i know in french seal (like the animal) is phoque. sounds like fuck

Damnit .

[Kanadei]

Chin chin in chinese means cheers.

In japanese it means penis.

Don't mix those up.

[Adam Jensen]

Faggots aren't, but fags are.

I was watching Doctor Who and at one point Rose says something about popping out of the TARDIS to "smoke a fag" and, me being a dumbass American, I'm like "wtf?"