Second Language mistakes
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Just curious. What is the worst mistake you've made while speaking a foreign language? I am male and told someone in Spanish that I was pregnant. (It is easy to do. Don't condemn me.) I also asked a waitress if she was lactating.
Hmmm, listen to a drinking buddy for the translation? Sounds like it!
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Just curious. What is the worst mistake you've made while speaking a foreign language? I am male and told someone in Spanish that I was pregnant. (It is easy to do. Don't condemn me.) I also asked a waitress if she was lactating.
I told my Latin teacher to "Futue te ipsum!" which was not even close what I was trying to say! :-O (Latin was not my best subject)
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Just curious. What is the worst mistake you've made while speaking a foreign language? I am male and told someone in Spanish that I was pregnant. (It is easy to do. Don't condemn me.) I also asked a waitress if she was lactating.
Foreign language? Sorry I speak English so you'll need to explain to me what a "foreign language" is and why anyone would want to speak it.
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I told my Latin teacher to "Futue te ipsum!" which was not even close what I was trying to say! :-O (Latin was not my best subject)
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
Hmmm, sounds like it was exactly what you intended to say!
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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Just curious. What is the worst mistake you've made while speaking a foreign language? I am male and told someone in Spanish that I was pregnant. (It is easy to do. Don't condemn me.) I also asked a waitress if she was lactating.
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Just curious. What is the worst mistake you've made while speaking a foreign language? I am male and told someone in Spanish that I was pregnant. (It is easy to do. Don't condemn me.) I also asked a waitress if she was lactating.
I avoid the issue altogether by refusing to learn a 2nd language. Because 'murrica.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013 -
Just curious. What is the worst mistake you've made while speaking a foreign language? I am male and told someone in Spanish that I was pregnant. (It is easy to do. Don't condemn me.) I also asked a waitress if she was lactating.
I told a french bakery not to 'fuck the bread'. Tranché, to slice, Tronché, the fuck. :)
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Just curious. What is the worst mistake you've made while speaking a foreign language? I am male and told someone in Spanish that I was pregnant. (It is easy to do. Don't condemn me.) I also asked a waitress if she was lactating.
In Spanish, the word for left-handed and the word for deaf are very similar. I used to purposely misuse them and say things like, "Sorry, I can't hear you, I'm left-handed." I think I was the only one who found it humorous. :-D
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it. Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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I avoid the issue altogether by refusing to learn a 2nd language. Because 'murrica.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013In my experience, even English is a foreign language for many Americans (and I don't mean the immigrants).
Ad astra - both ways!
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Foreign language? Sorry I speak English so you'll need to explain to me what a "foreign language" is and why anyone would want to speak it.
Isn't British English considered a foreign language? :rolleyes:
Nish Nishant Consultant Software Architect Ganymede Software Solutions LLC www.ganymedesoftwaresolutions.com
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Isn't British English considered a foreign language? :rolleyes:
Nish Nishant Consultant Software Architect Ganymede Software Solutions LLC www.ganymedesoftwaresolutions.com
In Liverpool maybe.
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Just curious. What is the worst mistake you've made while speaking a foreign language? I am male and told someone in Spanish that I was pregnant. (It is easy to do. Don't condemn me.) I also asked a waitress if she was lactating.
Member 12415033 wrote:
What is the worst mistake you've made while speaking a foreign language?
Speaking the "k" in "I don't know". Best overheard mistake; "Platzen Sie" (German, take a seat/explode)
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Isn't British English considered a foreign language? :rolleyes:
Nish Nishant Consultant Software Architect Ganymede Software Solutions LLC www.ganymedesoftwaresolutions.com
My English tutor always said that British is the only form of English, and that American was an "accident, not a language" :D
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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In Liverpool maybe.
:laugh:
Nish Nishant Consultant Software Architect Ganymede Software Solutions LLC www.ganymedesoftwaresolutions.com
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My English tutor always said that British is the only form of English, and that American was an "accident, not a language" :D
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
Ask him why programming languages use American spelling then? :-D
Nish Nishant Consultant Software Architect Ganymede Software Solutions LLC www.ganymedesoftwaresolutions.com
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Just curious. What is the worst mistake you've made while speaking a foreign language? I am male and told someone in Spanish that I was pregnant. (It is easy to do. Don't condemn me.) I also asked a waitress if she was lactating.
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Ask him why programming languages use American spelling then? :-D
Nish Nishant Consultant Software Architect Ganymede Software Solutions LLC www.ganymedesoftwaresolutions.com
You are to learn the language, not the accident - even if the entire world does it wrong, that's not an excuse. One of her favorite remarks is "no buts, or I'll kick yours". So no, not taking that risk :D
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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In my experience, even English is a foreign language for many Americans (and I don't mean the immigrants).
Ad astra - both ways!
You must mean people who only speak one language but speak it with expected 2nd language fluency? :-D
Nish Nishant Consultant Software Architect Ganymede Software Solutions LLC www.ganymedesoftwaresolutions.com
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I told a french bakery not to 'fuck the bread'. Tranché, to slice, Tronché, the fuck. :)
Munchies_Matt wrote:
I told a french bakery not to 'f*** the bread'.
Which is always a useful reminder. You know, french...
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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You are to learn the language, not the accident - even if the entire world does it wrong, that's not an excuse. One of her favorite remarks is "no buts, or I'll kick yours". So no, not taking that risk :D
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
He obviously got it all wrong. It's not an accident - it's evolution. It is obviously (unambiguously) the most fit of the two. As for the version he prefers? I believe it's pronounced "Extinction".
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
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