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Australian hits different

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The fairies make great food. Fairy bread is S tier

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French : Barbe à Papa (Daddy's Beard)

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The Dutch: sugar spider.

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Bonus meme 1

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- We call them swimming cossies? I've never heard that in my life
  
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  We used it during the late 70s and 80s, I don't recall hearing it recently.
  
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- Never heard the term 'cossie' in Australia, 'togs' and 'boardies' are common here though.
  
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- You forgot budgie smugglers.
  
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In hindi we call it "old lady hair"

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- Same in Hebrew
  
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South African Afrikaans speakers: “ghost breath” which is the best name for it by far.

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- This guy spook asems.
  
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German: Zuckerwatte (sugar wadding)

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- Unsurprisingly it is similar in Swedish: sockervadd
  
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Greek: malli tis grias (old woman's hair)

Seriously.

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Bonus meme 2

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- I have never heard "chuddy" before and I've lived in NZ my whole life. Is it a regional or generational thing?
  
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  It might differ by region. Or, I could be wrong. (I did try to look things up before I posted the memes tho lol)
  
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- Brits cannot decide
  
  https://www.ourdialects.uk/maps/gum/
  
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  Is that their pop/soda?
  
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  What a cool website. Some interesting info here
  
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Lol the stars on the Aussie flag work so well here

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Polish: Sugar cottonwool

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This is a rare case where the Aussies are right. It was named fairy floss by its original inventor

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Romanian: sugar cotton / cotton of sugar

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Romanian: sugar cotton / cotton of sugar

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Wait to you find out what we call a corn dog

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- I've been reading up on slang terms in other countries, and my guess is: 4 different things lol
  
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In Brazil we call it "Algodão doce" aka "Sweet cotton" :)

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In french it's barbe à papa, which translate to daddy's beard.

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- In German, it's sugarwadding.
  
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Guess what the English call dish soap

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