Language Bloopers
Language bloopers usually end up in pretty hilarious situations. It usually happens when one tries to learn a foreign language without actually paying attention to the pronunciation, semantics and culture of the target language. The gap of understanding left unaddressed sometimes has amazing effects on the meaning of a conversation. I read about such a conversation somewhere and almost killed myself laughing. The incident happened in the year 2000 just before the G8 summit in Okinawa. Obviously, eminent heads of the states were attending the summit and Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori of Japan was hosting the summit. Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori was not very good at English and some of his language bloopers had already turned into political crises. So, he decided to receive some English coaching in order to be able to greet the dignitaries properly. During the coaching he was taught some simple English greetings. He was told that when welcoming the US President Bill Clinton, he would say “H...