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Son Deureo! · Joined: 30 Apr 2003

Just today, "I want to be a streaker!" He meant "striker".

Once on a test, "Would you like a piece of glass?" We were learning glass of juice, piece of pizza, etc., and he went just a wee bit off course.

Zed · Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Location: Shakedown Street

"I have a number of large family members" meaning
"I have a large number of family members"

This was actually a Korean teacher

Zed · Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Location: Shakedown Street

Some of the ~ed ~ing confusion can be interesting.
My character is excited. (computer game Character (all that I could get them to talk about (also works with interested)) - cracks me up once every couple of months)
I'm boring. (the most common and one English learners of Spanish often make - soy aburrido - estoy aburrido)
The movie was disappointed.

matthewwoodford · Joined: 01 Oct 2003 Location: Location, location, location.

what's THE funniest thing...etc, etc.

It's bad enough hearing the students make this kind of mistake without the teachers doing it too thank-you very much! Mad

Guest · Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2003 12:27 am Post subject:

What? Do your students also make typos? Distressing....

NearlyKorean · Joined: 15 Mar 2003 Location: Phoenix, AZ

One boy came to class and proudly announced "Teacher, I am a dXXk." Unzip his coat and pulled out a magnifying glass.

I had no idea, private dectectives were called dXXks at one point and time. This according to a book the student had.

waterbaby · Joined: 01 Feb 2003 Location: Baking Gord a Cheescake pie

I have a large group of 5 year olds who can't quite manage the "s" sound in horse... and so when I bring out the horse flashcard, I hear a chorus of "*beep* *beep* *beep*".

peppermint · Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 8:45 pm Post subject:

It's my own fault for bringing in a free talking topic about drinking last week, but I had a middle aged man tell me how sad he was when his father "passed out" five years ago. Shocked

Talk about correcting someone delicately!

erlyn · Joined: 08 Jun 2003 Location: Incheon, South Korea

In my adult classes, I make a habit of starting each class off with asking people about their weekend/last night, etc., to get some conversation flowing...

So one Monday I was going around the class, and I asked one of my students what he had done on the weekend, and he replied,

"I went to the park with my wife and son. I pleasured my wife for many hours."

I think he meant she was happy that they spent time together....