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same same but different 

Used a lot in Thailand, especially in an attempts to sell something but can mean just about anything depending on what the user is trying to achieve.
Q "Is this a real rolex?"
A " Yes Sir, same same but different"
same same but different by Kiwicito September 12, 2004
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Related to "same same but different."

Part of the dialect of English spoken in Thailand, especially by Thai people working in the tourism sector.
Bangkok same same London.
same same by Bahuyuddh May 12, 2007
I first heard it during the Vietnam War in the 60s
It's still used quite extensively throughout Vietnam by Vietnamese as well as Australian and US ex-servicemen.
Having said that, I am noticing younger generations of tourists becoming quite enamoured by the same same.

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How do you feel?
Same same yesterday.

What's the difference between these two beers.
Same same.

All Vietnamese same same... black hair, brown eyes.
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same same by EverardG February 7, 2014
Is the beer better in that bar over there? No, same same as here.
same same by Andromeda2803 July 10, 2019

Same-Same-But-Different Singapore Math 

When the methodology and pedagogy used in Singapore math textbooks and supplementary titles (foreign and local editions) at the same grade are believed or perceived to be equivalent, yet the level of difficulty of the brain-unfriendly questions in both editions differs significantly—the tailor-made overseas editions are often one or two grades lower than the local one.
US math educators need to take note of the same-same-but-different Singapore math titles to temper their expectations of their students’ mathematical proficiency compared to that of their Singaporean counterparts.

same same but different 

Pertaining to the nature of lady-boys in Thailand.
When the two breasts look same-same like a woman's but the dong is still there.
Bob: I was grinding with a girl and I think I felt a lump.
Jack: Same same but different.