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Thread #46154   Message #683644
Posted By: GUEST,DMcG at work
05-Apr-02 - 09:22 AM
Thread Name: BS: American English Bl**p*rs
Subject: RE: BS: American English Bl**p*rs
Another family one, but French-English this time. My sister stayed with a French family and mistranslated an English idiom. When she was asked if she wanted any more to eat, she tried to say "No thanks, I'm full", but the French for that translated as "No thanks, I'm pregnant". Great confusion followed because they believed her...