Reminds me of a mix-up I once had back in college. I was learning German. One day after class, I was talking with my professor and a student more advanced than I. I was strumbling along in my limited German telling the prof about something I'd recently done. He asked, "Fun?" I responded in English, "Yes, it was fun." The more advanced student burst out laughing, then explained that we'd had a miscommunication. The prof had actually asked, "Von?" in German, meaning "From where?" and I, thinking he'd said, in English, "Fun?" replied in English. We all had a good laugh.
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Date: 2016-05-21 12:52 am (UTC)Reminds me of a mix-up I once had back in college. I was learning German. One day after class, I was talking with my professor and a student more advanced than I. I was strumbling along in my limited German telling the prof about something I'd recently done. He asked, "Fun?" I responded in English, "Yes, it was fun." The more advanced student burst out laughing, then explained that we'd had a miscommunication. The prof had actually asked, "Von?" in German, meaning "From where?" and I, thinking he'd said, in English, "Fun?" replied in English. We all had a good laugh.