http://www.languagetrainers.co.uk/blog/2011/03/27/embarrassing-mix-ups/ Any language, any time, anywhere Mon, 21 May 2012 14:30:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://www.languagetrainers.co.uk/blog/2011/03/27/embarrassing-mix-ups/comment-page-1/#comment-1503 Wendy Mon, 18 Apr 2011 03:33:05 +0000 http://www.languagetrainers.co.uk/blog/?p=1266#comment-1503 I hope you mean you and not me. :) I hope you mean you and not me.

]]> http://www.languagetrainers.co.uk/blog/2011/03/27/embarrassing-mix-ups/comment-page-1/#comment-1487 doug Mon, 04 Apr 2011 10:50:58 +0000 http://www.languagetrainers.co.uk/blog/?p=1266#comment-1487 I remember the time you told a little scottish lass that her pants were nice. When a person says pants in Scotland, they are referring to their underwear. The poor girl was shocked. I remember the time you told a little scottish lass that her pants were nice. When a person says pants in Scotland, they are referring to their underwear. The poor girl was shocked.

]]> http://www.languagetrainers.co.uk/blog/2011/03/27/embarrassing-mix-ups/comment-page-1/#comment-1466 Aaron G Myers Mon, 28 Mar 2011 08:40:54 +0000 http://www.languagetrainers.co.uk/blog/?p=1266#comment-1466 Okay here's mine. I was in Tijuana, Mexico talking to a principle at a local school whose husband was a pastor of a church I was working with. I was telling the teacher that I would call her husband later that day. She just looked at me with this funny look. My friend Travis snickered, but said nothing! I said it again. And again. Then it struck me. I had been saying - "lavar" - to wash instead of "llamar" - to call. So after telling this lady I was going to "wash her husband" several times, I turned beat red as I clarified and apologized and said that I would in fact "call" him. And my friend Travis said not a word to help me out of that one. Okay here’s mine. I was in Tijuana, Mexico talking to a principle at a local school whose husband was a pastor of a church I was working with. I was telling the teacher that I would call her husband later that day. She just looked at me with this funny look. My friend Travis snickered, but said nothing! I said it again. And again. Then it struck me. I had been saying - “lavar” - to wash instead of “llamar” - to call. So after telling this lady I was going to “wash her husband” several times, I turned beat red as I clarified and apologized and said that I would in fact “call” him. And my friend Travis said not a word to help me out of that one.

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