A topic just for shitz and giggles to loosen up the senses...
We have surely all had our run-in's with the more elaborate errors in use of a foreign language.
My self, being fond of trial and error learning methods, have had more than my fair share so I will start this thread out, for the public amusement.
-- My worst Lingustic Mistake ever....
This is set in the early 90's, visiting a monastery out of all places, on a little weekend trip with a group of "colleagues from work".
I had barely started talking German, and did so at best in short sentences and mostly when alone at home for practice. Everyone around me spoke German natively and of course I was a bit reluctant to let it all hang out in public until I at least had the basic grammar going.
The day before, we had been going around testing wines, and believe me, drinking gallons of that stuff in 40 centigrades heat, (May in the middle east) is not a good idea if you wish to feel fresh the next day.
So, the Germans have a habit of celebrating something called Majfete or May Celebration directly translated, and this was where we now found ourselves, me and my ex, and a bunch of other friends.
The nuns from the monastery went around preparing the meals, setting out cakes and side dishes, more darn wine and stuff, while me and my ex where drinking water and (trying to) inflate a large number of balloons for the decor.
Finally I had enough, feelling mighty sick from the exhaling and being hungover, so I turned to my ex, looked her stern in the eyes and said out loud "Bitte, blass mir einen".
(Direct translated... - Please, BLOW ME!)
I have never seen a priest take off so fast from the grounds of a monastery, while the nuns stopped, blushed and laughed out loud to everyones great enjoyment.
We have surely all had our run-in's with the more elaborate errors in use of a foreign language.
My self, being fond of trial and error learning methods, have had more than my fair share so I will start this thread out, for the public amusement.
-- My worst Lingustic Mistake ever....
This is set in the early 90's, visiting a monastery out of all places, on a little weekend trip with a group of "colleagues from work".
I had barely started talking German, and did so at best in short sentences and mostly when alone at home for practice. Everyone around me spoke German natively and of course I was a bit reluctant to let it all hang out in public until I at least had the basic grammar going.
The day before, we had been going around testing wines, and believe me, drinking gallons of that stuff in 40 centigrades heat, (May in the middle east) is not a good idea if you wish to feel fresh the next day.
So, the Germans have a habit of celebrating something called Majfete or May Celebration directly translated, and this was where we now found ourselves, me and my ex, and a bunch of other friends.
The nuns from the monastery went around preparing the meals, setting out cakes and side dishes, more darn wine and stuff, while me and my ex where drinking water and (trying to) inflate a large number of balloons for the decor.
Finally I had enough, feelling mighty sick from the exhaling and being hungover, so I turned to my ex, looked her stern in the eyes and said out loud "Bitte, blass mir einen".
(Direct translated... - Please, BLOW ME!)
I have never seen a priest take off so fast from the grounds of a monastery, while the nuns stopped, blushed and laughed out loud to everyones great enjoyment.
