20151210/Broken telephone

The game I always knew as "Broken Telephone" is called "Chinese Whispers" on Wikipedia. Wikipedia's language translations are cultural, not literal, so selecting different language versions on Wikipedia, translated through Google Translate, yields this:

ISO language code	In that language	In English via Google Translate
af	Telefoontjie	One phone
bg	Развален телефон	Corrupted phone
ca	El telèfon	The phone
cs	Tichá pošta	Private messages
de	Stille Post	Silent post
en	Chinese whispers	Russian scandal, whisper down the lane, broken telephone, operator, grapevine, gossip, don't drink the milk, secret message, the messenger game and pass the message.
es	Teléfono descompuesto	Phone decomposed
fi	Rikkinäinen puhelin	Broken phone
fr	Téléphone arabe	Arab telephone; which Google Translate translates to "grapevine"
he	טלפון שבור	Broken phone
it	Telefono senza fili	Cordless phone
ja	伝言ゲーム	Telephone game
ko	옮겨 말하기	Speaking moved
ksh	Stėlle Poßß	Point popp, but not Riparian is not supported by Google Translate
pl	Głuchy telefon (gra)	Deaf phone
pt	Telefone sem fio (brincadeira)	Wireless phone
ro	Telefonul fără fir	Wireless phone
ru	Испорченный телефон	Broken phone
sk	Tichá pošta sv Viskleken	Whispering game
tr	Kulaktan kulağa	From ear to ear
tt	Ватык телефон	Vatyk phone; Google translate doesn't support Tatar
zh	传话游戏	Messenger game

I like "From ear to ear" the best.

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Blikied on December 12, 2015