[Lexicog] That's Greek to me ...

[Vladimir Benko]

Dear Fritz,

> Well in Czech  s pane lská vesnice  (Lit:  Spanish village ) means
> English
>  Double Dutch 

"Spanielska dedina" (Spanish village) is used in Slovak as well.  In 
Russian, as far as I know, "kitajskaja gramota" (Chinese literacy) is 
the equivalent expression.

Both in Slovak and Czech technical/mathematical slang, there is an 
expression "bulharska konstanta" (Bulgarian constant).  It is a 
number that, if applied to your result of a calculation, will produce 
the expected result.  (It works in cases when the teacher checks the 
results of the calculations only, not the whole procedures.)  The 
etymology of this idiom is not clear.

Regards,

Vlado B, 19:00 danubian time



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