[Helpful_Charlie]

(Original post by Anatheme)
You have to admit there isn't much difference between a mashed potatoe and a smashed potatoe anyway! And huzzah for Brittany! I'm currently wearing shoes with the Gwenn Ha Du on them

Potato doesn't have an 'e' in it.

[Arcanine]

While reading out loud in biology I said orgasm instead of organism.

[Hylean]

(Original post by Nalced)
In Thailand and my Thai is ok, I know the words and vocab but I have no tonal ability.
I was trying to order a Banana Milkshake on Koh Samet but instead I ordered a Penis Milkshake, thankfully the woman understood what I was trying to order.

My Thai friend, first time she ever spoke to me, offered me "some of her cock". It was only when she thrust her tin of coke in my face that I realised what was going on.

[Helpful_Charlie]

(Original post by Hylean)
My Thai friend, first time she ever spoke to me, offer me "some of her cock". It was only when she thrust her tin of coke in my face that I realised what was going on.

Just because she's Thai makes that dodgy.

[Hype en Ecosse]

I can't remember any mistakes I made, but I do remember something that happened a couple of weeks ago:

I was teaching a young Latvian boy, who's just joined my school, English. And here in central Scotland the way we say "cold" sounds like "called"
I was trying to teach him "What is your name?" and "What are you called?" and trying to get across the subtle difference between them. So I asked
"What are you called?"



"Yes. Water is cold."

[Hylean]

(Original post by Helpful_Charlie)
Just because she's Thai makes that dodgy.

That's exactly what went through my head as well.

To make things even worse, she was really androgynous too.

[Lollyage]

(Original post by carnationlilyrose)
Worse than that, doesn't it have overtones of 'morally lost'? It's been a long time since my German A level, but I do remember it being a quotation from Effi Briest, which essentially meant that as she'd committed adultery in 19th century Prussia, she was a lost woman and outcast from society. Here's hoping the exchange family didn't think that of you!

Wow, didn't think my fail could be that bad

[carnationlilyrose]

(Original post by Lollyage)
Wow, didn't think my fail could be that bad

It kind of means 'fallen woman'! How did the rest of the stay go?!

[Lollyage]

(Original post by carnationlilyrose)
It kind of means 'fallen woman'! How did the rest of the stay go?!

Rest of it was fine, it was an amazing week! The family never brought the topic up again, but I'm sure they had a quiet chuckle to themselves

[Hell0_94]

Saying "I'm broken" instead of "I'm broke". Not too bad lol

[carnationlilyrose]

(Original post by Lollyage)
Rest of it was fine, it was an amazing week! The family never brought the topic up again, but I'm sure they had a quiet chuckle to themselves

They didn't keep their precious and vulnerable son away from the predatory harlot's clutches or anything?!

[Bubbles*de*Milo]

Done this more than once actually.

Was having a conversation with my French teacher, missed out the reflexive, so I said "Je couche" instead of "Je me couche".

Small difference, oui?

No.. "Je me couche" is "I go to sleep", okay that's fine.
"Je couche" is to have sex (somehow, I don't know, guess it's like "to sleep with").

Anyway, yeah, telling my French teacher I have sex on the weekdays at midnight. Classy.

[stac4321]

Hmmm, I had very bad pronounciation of 'beaucoup' when I first started french and keep saying it as 'boo cu' not realising that the french for arse is cul (which is also pronounced as 'cu'). Turns out I that when i was saying 'merci beaucoup' to my teacher I was actually saying 'thanks, beautiful arse'. Thankfully he just laughed and told me to work on my accent a bit more haha

Oh and I often forget the importance of saying 'se coucher' instead of 'coucher'. If it's not in the right context you can say that you 'slept' (i.e. had sex) with someone instead of saying you 'slept' (as in, we slept in a room togther) which results in the occasional odd look from someone.

[cheeseisnice]

Saying I was horny instead of hot in German.

[A Mysterious Lord]

I was speaking to a French guy in 5th Avenue in Manchester a few years ago. He said he was French so I said "Bonjour". He then asked me something in French but it had been so long since I studied French I'd forgotten most of it, so I just replied "je vide le lave vaisselle" - I empty the dishwasher

[The Cornerstone]

What me and other french speakers' most embarrassing mistake when learning english is trying to say "beach" but end up saying "bitch"

[Hylean]

Oh, my teacher once thought I called myself "milk" when I was actually calling myself "ugly". "Lait" for the former and "laid" for the latter.

[94george94]

(Original post by cheeseisnice)
Saying I was horny instead of hot in German.

THIS. But in Spanish. Turns out 'estoy caliente' doesn't mean the same as 'tengo calor'...

[Rickardd0]

When first learning Spanish in Yr 7, our teacher was quite cruel. He showed us "Me llamo" (pronounced me yamo) meaning "I call myself" or "my name is", but didn't explain how it was pronounced. We all read and said it "Me lamo" instead. This prompted a pantomime can't hear you act from the teacher while he said, "Beg your pardon? I could've sworn you said that you lick yourself!". Turned out llamarse was "to call oneself" and lamarse was "to lick oneself".

Also, people in spanish oral exams mistakenly saying "soy embarazado", thinking it meant "I'm embarrassed". Actually means "I'm pregnant".

[electric-wars]

Me to a teacher in Spain: "Puedes ir al aseo?" (can you go to the toilet?), when attempting to ask her if I could go to the bathroom.