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rob, Wed 14 Jan 2004, 13:01)
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MistranslantionsWhilst on a business trip in Hong Kong, my dad and some collegues were in a restuarant. As the waitress served their food, the collegues said "Um gai" (I don't know the spellling, but that's how it's said) meaning "Thank You."
My dad, trying to be clever with his Mantanese, planned to say "Thank you very much." So the waitress gave him his plate and he said "Um gai hai." The waitress blushed and the restuarant laughed.
Later, my dad's collegues explained to him that he just said to the waitress, "thank you fat cunt."
What are your stories of foreign language fuck-ups?
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Edd: The Unfunny Try-Hard Edgelord, Fri 17 Mar 2006, 13:52,
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