TootSweet@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoWhat are some pairs of words in any language that are easy for non-native speakers to confuse and can result in some embarrassing or unintentionally offensive or obscene exchanges?message-squaremessage-square42linkfedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up139arrow-down1message-squareWhat are some pairs of words in any language that are easy for non-native speakers to confuse and can result in some embarrassing or unintentionally offensive or obscene exchanges?TootSweet@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square42linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretrojanbark@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·2 days agoThe Chinese question for “have you eaten yet” sounds extremely similar to the Korean 네 시발놈아 which in Korean means something similar to “you’re a motherfucker”
The Chinese question for “have you eaten yet” sounds extremely similar to the Korean 네 시발놈아 which in Korean means something similar to “you’re a motherfucker”