To speak or not to speak, that is the question!
Over the years, I've had my share of flubs in Italian. That just goes with learning a language and all those times you put the wrong emphasis on the wrong syllable. Now I've previously done a post on Sh*t My Italian Friends Say to highlight all their best worst moments, but last night at Aperitivo in Lingua here in Bergamo (below), I may have heard the winner from an Australian learning Italian (no names will be include to protect the innocent), basically it goes like this:
Being an au pair, she was conversing with her 2 year old charge when she ended up calling the cat what she thought was the correct Italian word: "catso" (say that aloud and you'll hear that it sure sounds like "cazzo", a not so nice word to say to a 2 year old). Needless to say, all the expats had an absolute hoot with this- the possibilities were just endless: Would you like to pet my "catso"? Wanna come over and see my "catso"? "I have a really hairy "catso"....and the list goes on.
AMAZING. This will keep me laughing for days. Let me know your worst slip of the tongue in Italian in the comments or via e-mail as per usual!
Being an au pair, she was conversing with her 2 year old charge when she ended up calling the cat what she thought was the correct Italian word: "catso" (say that aloud and you'll hear that it sure sounds like "cazzo", a not so nice word to say to a 2 year old). Needless to say, all the expats had an absolute hoot with this- the possibilities were just endless: Would you like to pet my "catso"? Wanna come over and see my "catso"? "I have a really hairy "catso"....and the list goes on.
AMAZING. This will keep me laughing for days. Let me know your worst slip of the tongue in Italian in the comments or via e-mail as per usual!
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