History Main / InMyLanguageThatSoundsLike

* At the beginning of ''Film/TheCuttingEdge'', Doug wakes up in a panic upon realizing that he overslept and is late for the championship game and is completely confused as to why, as the alarm was set for nine o'clock. His one-night stand is equally confused as to why he's upset, seeming to agree with him "Yes, nine alarm?" Doug doesn't realize it because he's too flustered, but viewers who know German (which Doug apparently doesn't) know that she's actually saying "'''''Nein''''' alarm." "Nein" is German for "'''''No'''''". Doug thought he was making it clear that he wanted the alarm to go off at nine, while she thought he was saying that he didn't want the alarm set at all (presumably she either didn't set it or turned it off after he did, thinking that he didn't want it).

** For Filipino readers, the title refers to puking/vomiting.

* In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', Zeetha is the [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080519 Daughter of Chump]], a "great warrior". She knows what it means in the local tongue. [[spoiler:But subverted; WordOfGod has confirmed that Chump is Klaus Wulfenbach. In 2010 co-author/artist Phil Foglio released a few hand-drawn bookplates depicting Klaus as Chump ([[http://community.livejournal.com/haus_of_klaus/25974.html references here]]); he also told fan/helper "[=Taffy1=]" at a show. Current speculation is that Klaus declared himself "a chump" for the way he was shipped to Zeetha's homeland.]]

* Gilly of ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' is renamed Elí in Spain because it is dangerously close to "gili", the shorthand for asshole.

*** It sounds more funny in Portuguese. Depending on the subtitler, [[SpellMyNameWithAnS the character's name is spelled without the 'u']] and depending on the form the character's name and surname are placed, "Koko Kaga" sounds like "[[RecursiveReality poo shitting]]" and "Kaga Koko" sounds like "[[ShapedLikeItself shitting poo]]".

* There's an organization called the Kurvaz in ''VideoGame/{{Solatorobo}}''. They were, [[WorldOfFunnyAnimals as the world the game takes place in is populated by anthro dogs and cats]], [[FlintstoneTheming named after the Kuvasz dog breed]], but the name sounds like the word for "whore" in a lot of Slavic languages.

* ''Film/Troy'' was released in Italy under the title "The Trojan War", because the Italian word for Troy is also Italian slang for "prostitute".

* Parodied in Creator/ProZD's Vine ''A wizard unaware that his spells are rude words in the non-magical world'', where his spell for levitation is [[RefugeInAudacity dickfuck.]]

* There's a very good reason why Spanish-speaking fans of the Japanese idol group Music/{{AKB48}} prefers to spell the name with the intended spelling of it[[note]]as ''Akiba 48'', in Spanish as ''Akiba Cuarenta y Ocho'', being Akiba the Japanese shorthand for Akihabara[[/note]] since pronouncing the band's name with each letter separately (As "Ah-Kah-Beh 48") sounds exactly as the Spanish word ''Acabé'', who is the Spanish for both ''I'm (already) finished (something)'' or ''[[DeadlyEuphemism I (already) killed (someone)]]''[[note]]As ''Acabé (con) 48'' (I Killed 48 people)[[/note]]. Even worse if you take out the letter "B" and sustract a number and it sounds like [[AKA47 the Russian machine gun AK-47]][[note]]Pronounced in Spanish as "Ah-Kah Cuarenta y Siete".[[/note]]

** The O'Briens decide not to name their son Sean because it's also the Bajoran word for "swamp."

** In an episode of ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'', Hoshi meets an alien man on Risa. While discussing fruit, he says that the word "kiwi" means "kiss" in his language. Given the context (his exotic, unidentified and complex language is mentioned after he finds out she's a linguist, has apparently never appeared elsewhere, and teaching her said language leads smoothly into successfully seducing her) this one may be [[InvokedTrope invoked]].

For when this happens between dialects of the same language or very similar languages, see SeparatedByACommonLanguage. Subtrope of MondegreenGag. For when this causes character names to be changed in translation, see CleanDubName. For when a girly name in one language is a masculine name in another, see GenderBlenderName. For a common example involving a name derived from Greek, see UranusIsShowing.

** [[LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex Mikoto]] [[Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun Misaka]] sounds very similar as ''Mi coto me saca''. (My suburb kicks me out)

** [[LightNovel/GoldenTime Kouko Kaga]] is one of the most unfortunate examples of this: Her name sounds the same as ''(The) coconut is shitting''. This is even worse if you use her name in the Japanese order, since it could sound like ''Caga Coco''. ([[BowelBreakingBricks Coconut-shitter]])

** [[Manga/MadeInAbyss Faputa]] is an even more notorious case, as, unlike the aforementioned ''LightNovel/GoldenTime'', the animated adaptation did got a dub: Her name sounds similar, in Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and French, to the word for "bitch".

** [[LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD Issei Hyodo]] sounds similar to ''Hice Yodo'' (As both ''I made Iodine'' or ''I pissed Iodine''). Keep in mind the letter H is silent in Spanish and French.

** ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' sounds like saying ''(It will) la-la-last''.

* Many Russian fans has pointed out how funny the name of ''[[LightNovel/WorldEndWhatDoYouDoAtTheEndOfTheWorldAreYouBusyWillYouSaveUs SukaSuka]]'' sounds in Russian, as it basically sounds like "bitch bitch" in that language.