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Shaman
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 Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2004 10:59 am Post subject: Double entendres |
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This one's probably been done before, but it happened to me recently. Have you ever taught an expression and had your student give the equivalent in his/her native tongue, only to have a completely different connation arise?
The example:
Knock on wood.
In France, they have the same literal translation as well as "touch the monkey"  .
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nolefan
Joined: 14 Jan 2004
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Location: on the run
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| Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2004 11:15 am Post subject: fish |
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| Just a few hours ago, I was teaching the kids about sayings and we came across "There are plenty of fish in the sea".... When I asked one of them to translate it, they all bursted laughing and did not want to say why.... I suspect it is because of the meaning... |
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sidjameson
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
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Location: osaka
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| Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2004 2:55 pm Post subject: |
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More than a few times in my what we will call for the sake of arguement, my career I have had a Japanese female tell me that they "like c ock" what I hope they mean is that they like to cook.
But on the other hand....  |
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khmerhit
Joined: 31 May 2003
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Location: Reverse Culture Shock Unit
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| Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 1:58 am Post subject: |
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allegedly real UK council complaints letters here folks....
cambodia never had it so good!!
My bush is really overgrown round the front and my back passage has fungus growing in it.
He's got this huge tool that vibrates the whole house and I just can't take it anymore.
It's the dog's mess I find hard to swallow.
I want some repairs done to my cooker as it has backfired and burnt my knob off.
I wish to complain that my father hurt his ankle very badly when he put his foot in the hole in his back passage.
And their 18 year old son is continually banging his balls against my fence.
I wish to report that tiles are missing from the outside toilet roof. I think it was the bad wind the other night that blew them off.
My lavatory seat is cracked, where do i Stand?
Will you please send someone to mend the garden path. My wife tripped and fell on it yesterday and now she is pregnant.
I request permission to remove my drawers in the kitchen.
50% of the walls are damp, 50% have crumbling plaster and 50% are plain filthy.
I am still having problems with smoke in my new drawers.
The toilet is blocked and we cannot bath the children until it is cleared.
Will you please send a man to look at my water, it's a funny colour and not fit to drink.
Our lavatory seat is broken in half and is now in three pieces.
I want to complain about the farmer across the road, every morning at 6am his cock wakes me up and it's now getting too much for me.
The man next door has a large erection in the back garden, which is unsightly and dangerous.
Our kitchen floor is damp. We have two children and would like a third so please send someone round to do something about it.
I am a single woman living in a downstairs flat and would you please do something about the noise made by the man on top of me every night.
Please send a man with the right tool to finish the job and satisfy my wife.
I have had the clerk of works down on the floor six times but i still have no satisfaction.
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Shaman
Joined: 06 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2004 2:01 am Post subject: |
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Another one I enjoyed was the French equivalent to "Piece of cake" - (Easy).
Deux droits dans le nez - two fingers in the nose.
Evidently, nosepicking is pretty easy. 
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yaramaz
Joined: 05 Mar 2003
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Location: Not where I was before
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| Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2004 1:36 pm Post subject: |
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Doigt is finger, droit is right.
Not to be nose-picky  |
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Shaman
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| Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2004 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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| yaramaz wrote: |
Doigt is finger, droit is right.
Not to be nose-picky |
Oui, c'est vrai. I guess I should have fully awakened before posting.
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