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In this clip from The Hype: When a Chinese in Britain meets a Brit in China, our guests swap their most embarrassing culture and language moments, from confusing "restroom," "toilet" and "loo" in the UK to mixing up Chinese words at a pharmacy and accidentally asking for "sheep" instead of "medicine." Small words, big embarrassment and lots of laughs.

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Culture shock confessions: 'Restroom,' 'loo' and other language fails