It's Greek to Me! (or maybe Arabic?)
You're familiar with the expression "It's Greek to me"? Well, apparently since Greek is close enough to Latin this expression for saying that something is completely unintelligible just won't do in Italy. Instead, they allegedly say "parlato arabo" (speaking arabic). "Cinesoria" (like Chinese) also apparently can be used to describe writing that is incomprehensible. As a side note, graphic designers in the US say "greeking text" to mean filling in a layout with illegible text (well, to most Americans that is). We can only wonder who says "It's English to me!"
