Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Nice Haystacks
Sometimes it's fun being a foreign speaker-- you say the stupidist things. Often it's the listener's stifled giggling that gives it away.
Once I told a pharmacist (in german) "my stomach hurts" while pointing to my throat, but usually I'm clueless why they're giggling.
My friend's example is the classic: She needed a hairbrush. The german word for 'brush' is 'bürste'--dangerously similar, with the critical reversal of the u and r. In her best german she accidentally asked a typically-not-so-friendly older Cologne sales lady "Haben Sie Haare Bruste" or "Do you have hair breasts?" Friend said the saleslady was NOT amused.
I know I have a juvenile sense of humor, but can you imagine?
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Once I told a pharmacist (in german) "my stomach hurts" while pointing to my throat, but usually I'm clueless why they're giggling.
My friend's example is the classic: She needed a hairbrush. The german word for 'brush' is 'bürste'--dangerously similar, with the critical reversal of the u and r. In her best german she accidentally asked a typically-not-so-friendly older Cologne sales lady "Haben Sie Haare Bruste" or "Do you have hair breasts?" Friend said the saleslady was NOT amused.I know I have a juvenile sense of humor, but can you imagine?
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