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What's donkey shot????


SaligoBay

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Once, in a 'crise' due to salmonella, a doctor asked (I thought) 'Avez-vous douleur des nuss?'. 'Que'est-ce que c'est les nuss? I replied, followed by doctor and French teacher doing a sort of La Petomaine impersonation, bending forwards and pointing to their bottoms. He had said 'de l'anus'. Laugh? Well no, actually, far too risky...

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Dick
BONO ANIMO ES
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>That's exactly what I thought the
>first time a French person
>mentioned Don Quixote when I
>wasn't expecting it. And
>it still makes me smile
>


Thank you SB!

Heard this on France Interre yesterday and thought how strange it was. Now all is clear and I will know next time.
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Try talking about Van Gogh. I once worked in a collge with that name and had to learn to pronounce it Vann Goggg if I wanted to be understood.

It's not just non French speakers who have this problem. For years my husband heard the bit in the communion service "prenez et mangez-en tous" (take, eat all of you) as "prenez et mangez-en douce" (take, eat in secret)
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