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Though English is the official language of Uganda, it's most people's second, third, fourth, or even fifth language. And that's if they even speak it at all. Ugandan English, or Uglish, as I like to call it, is its very own version of the English language.

There are some familiar English words spoken here, but when used in a Ugandan context, they mean something completely different. Multi-cultural homonyms, if you will. Here are some examples:

cornflower (US)


cornflower (UG)


push (US)


 push (UG)


snap (US)

snap (UG)


pants (US)


pants (UG) ... to be fair, this is British-English


Saloon (US)


Saloon (UG)