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What's your funniest language faux pas? | 32 comments (32 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: What's your funniest language faux pas? (4.00 / 4)

I was trying to find the computer lab at the university, but instead of asking if there was a computer on this floor, I asked if there was a computer in this country. The janitor laughed really hard when I said that.

And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg

by ManfromMiddletown (manfrommiddletown at lycos dot com) on Tue Aug 16th, 2005 at 11:08:15 PM EST

Re: What's your funniest language faux pas? (none / 0)

Are you at Wesleyan?

by Upstate NY on Wed Aug 17th, 2005 at 02:05:02 AM EST
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Re: What's your funniest language faux pas? (none / 1)

Nope this happened while I was studying in Pamplona. The joke is that I was trying to say piso which is a Spanish word for floor, (planta is the more appropriate word) but got tongue tied and said pais which means country. You know the American mucking up the language implying that these backward Spaniards don't have computers, oops....

And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg

by ManfromMiddletown (manfrommiddletown at lycos dot com) on Wed Aug 17th, 2005 at 03:33:16 AM EST
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