"mel" means flour in the Scandinavian languages.

"gips" means gypsum/plaster

So I always thought "Mel Gibson" had a funny name. Hello, mister Flour Plaster.

It's also hard to ignore that Arnold's last name "Schwarzenegger" sounds rather rude to Scandinavians.

"svarte neger" means "the black negro"

Hello, Arnold the soot-black negro!

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@thor Did you know he was in a gay porn magazine? It could have been a mistranslation of bodybuilding magazine.

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