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In Greece, It's "All Chinese" (Harry Papasotiriou, Greece, 12/15/20 6:29 am)

In Greek we do say "Chinese" instead of "it's Greek to me." 

Moreover, before using an English phrase, Greeks often say "As we would say in flawless Greek . . ." Another interesting linguistic detail is that for the phrase "going for a walk" in Greek we use the Latin "volta," whereas the Italians use the Greek "gyro."

JE comments:  I knew you'd come to our aid, Harry!  Thank you.  And now to complete the cycle, we need to address the question:  What do they say in China?  Leo Goldberger gave us the Cantonese variant:  chicken sounds.  Is this universal among all the Chinese languages?

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