Friday, 1 August 2014

Language Mishaps! (Lonely Planet)


Lost in translation, or a watersports call-to-arms? Image by Ajay Tallam / CC BY-SA 2.0


My own pronunciation error: I once asked at a Christmas market in Germany for a Hot Chocolate "mit Zähne" (with teeth) instead of "mit Sahne" (with cream)

A friend of mine had a similar french vowel stumble, telling an undesired suitor "léche-moi" (lick me!) instead of "lâche-moi" (leave me alone

...pronounce "merci beaucoup" (thank you) wrong and you'll be telling a french chap/lass that they have a "beau cul" (nice ass).

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