9.10.2007

Turkey Photos

Today I made one of those cute language mistakes that turns into a pretty good laugh.

I was in the coffee room, chatting with one my colleagues who had just returned from India. I wanted to ask "Do you have any photos of India?", which should have been:

"As-tu des photos de l'Inde?"

But I forgot that you have to say "the India" instead of just "India" (this is a common mistake for me), so instead I said:

"As-tu des photos d'Inde?"

Which sounds like:

"As-tu des photos dinde?"

...which is also bad French, but roughly means:

"Do you have any photos of turkeys?"

1 comment:

  1. héhéhéhéhéhéh

    By the way it's no coincidence, the bird is called that way because people thought at first it came d'Inde ;)

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