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If you've ever interacted with someone who speaks a different language, what is the funniest misunderstanding you've had? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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An example of what I mean:

I, in China, told an English speaking Chinese friend I needed to stop off in the bathroom to "take a shit."

He looked appalled and after I asked why he had that look, he asked what I was going to do with someone's shit.

I had not laughed so hard in a while, and it totally makes sense.

I explained it was an expression for pooping, and he comes back with, "wouldn't that be giving a shit?"

I then got to explain that to give a shit means you care and I realized how fucked some of our expressions are.

What misunderstandings made you laugh?

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[–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I mean, I can kinda understand it - socialists/communists/anarchists generally prefer 'sex worker', because 'whore' has some pretty terrible connotations due to being used as a slur for so long.

But still, censoring it instead of just deleting/blocking the handful of pricks who still say it as an insult seems... well, par for the course for .ml tbh

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