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Magic P* words (rustartup.blogspot.com)
1 point by rustartup on May 5, 2007 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


Regarding words that start with the same letter and mean the same thing in different languages, as long as you stay in the same language family, there are plenty.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_intelligibility

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differences_between_Spanish_and_Portuguese




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