Re: What's it called?

On 29 ene, 21:29, "dmitri mosier/iowa city, Iowa" <drm...@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Is there a name for the phenomenon where one sequence of phonemes has
a (sometimes amusing) difference in meanings in two different
lanaguges?  E.g. "ano" in Czech is "yes" whereas in Spanish it's
"anus."

Yes, they are called "false friends":
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_friend>

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