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Re:WordSafety – Check a name for unwanted meanings in foreig... by stephengillie on Tuesday August 25, 2015 @08:33PM (#10120332)
How is this different from English? Another poster mentioned "knob" being offensive in the UK but it's an everyday word here in Seattle. (It means "door handle".)

How is the "coger" example different?

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Re:WordSafety – Check a name for unwanted meanings in foreig... by jon-wood on Wednesday August 26, 2015 @02:29AM (#10121399)
The joys of slang. You could just as easily use the sentence "I need to fit a new doorknob" or "Twiddle that knob there to turn the volume up" in the UK and not get any funny looks. It just so happens that if you said "Can I twiddle your knobs" to a group of sound engineers they might take it the wrong way.
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