▲ 411 ▼ 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 y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 257 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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?
[–] glimse@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago I don't understand it at all when it's not nearly as bad as some of the shit that gets said on there. Pretty pathetic that they feel the need to censor words permalink fedilink source parent