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My Welsh vocabulary consists entirely of words like araf (slow), heol (road), and - my favourite - gwasanaethau (service station), which I think you'll agree looks like an awesome word. Torchwood fandom has added some more random bits and bobs that I suspect were googled and as such don't entirely trust to be accurate, but I like to file away anyway. I am far more likely to swear or use sickly endearments than I am to discuss overpriced rest stops.

This article of translation cock ups makes me want to go hang out in Wales with a bilingual dictionary and learn Welsh. Just so that when I visit my parents I'll appreciate the translation jokes that their neighbours claim lurk in every corner.

Also, dimly related by virtue of being about, um, words: Every time I hear someone say 'don't patronise me!' in an American accent, it cracks me up. I particularly enjoy the affronted expression it usually accompanies. You... don't want people to come calling for goods or services?

ETA: ....because PAH-tronise means belittle, doubt; PAY-tronise means shop. At least, it does here in barmy balmy Britain.