{"id":6356,"date":"2018-09-11T13:10:16","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T13:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.utalk.com\/news\/?p=6356"},"modified":"2020-07-06T09:14:51","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T09:14:51","slug":"sent-with-love-our-tips-for-the-uk-royals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/sent-with-love-our-tips-for-the-uk-royals\/","title":{"rendered":"Sent With Love: Our Tips for the UK Royals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Newly-wed Megan Markle touched our hearts when she called Prince Harry \u201cmy love\u201d at a recent gala performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But how much more fun would it have been if she\u2019d used one of these quirky terms of affection from another tongue?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s our top ten suggestions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. French<\/strong>: ma puce <\/em>meaning my flea.<\/li>
  2. Portuguese<\/strong>: chuchuzinho <\/em>meaning little squash (the vegetable).<\/li>
  3. Persian<\/strong>:  moosh bokhoradet <\/em>which literally translates as may a mouse eat you!<\/li>
  4. Polish<\/strong>: kruszynko <\/em>meaning as soft and gentle as a breadcrumb.<\/li>
  5. Hungarian<\/strong>: bogarkam <\/em>meaning little insect.<\/li>
  6. Chinese<\/strong>: \u50bb\u74dc <\/em>which literally translates as silly melon and means fool but in a playful way.<\/li>
  7. Italian<\/strong>: polpetta<\/em> which means meatball.<\/li>
  8. Spanish<\/strong>: media naranja <\/em>meaning half an orange or, as we say, my other half.<\/li>
  9. German<\/strong>: Mausb\u00e4r <\/em>\u2013 mouse-bear \u2013 meaning someone who has the smallness of a mouse and the cuddliness of a bear.<\/li>
  10. Netherlands<\/strong>: poepie <\/em>meaning little poop and, yes, this really is a term of affection!<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Did you know?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    The Japanese compliment someone by calling them an egg with eyes \u2013 tamago gata no kao<\/em> \u2013 meaning someone with a beautiful, oval-shaped face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    If you know any fun terms of endearment in other languages, we\u2019d love you to share them with us!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Newly-wed Megan Markle touched our hearts when she called Prince Harry \u201cmy love\u201d at a recent gala performance. But how much more fun would it have been if she\u2019d used one of these quirky terms of affection from another tongue? Here\u2019s our top ten suggestions: French: ma puce meaning my flea. Portuguese: chuchuzinho meaning little squash (the vegetable). Persian:  … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,97,794],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6356"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6356\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}