Say Cheese

When photographers attempt to bring out our smiling faces by asking us to "Say Cheese", many countries appear to follow suit with English equivalents. In Spanish however they say patata (potato), in Argentinian Spanish whisky, in French steak frites, in Serbia ptica (bird) and in Danish appelsin (orange). Do you know of any other varieties from around the world's languages?

John Smith Equivalents

In many countries one First Name and one Second Name seem to dominate in their popularity. In England it is John Smith; in Denmark: Hans Jensen; in Poland: Jan Nowak and in Israel: Moshe Cohen

Does anyone know of those from other countries?

False Friends

Those who learn other languages than their own will sometimes come across words which look or sound the same as English but mean very different things:

kill (Arabic) good friend
bless (Icelandic) goodbye
aye (Amharic, Ethiopia) no
snags (Afrikaans) during the night
sofa (Icelandic) sleep
purr (Scotttish Gaelic) to headbutt
hoho (Hausa, Nigeria) condolences on a death

Has anyone come across any other amusing ones ?