Flying cow pat
When walking in the countryside, I saw a buzzard flying overhead, and was so pleased to realise I knew the French for it, so I shouted to my friends: Regardez la buse là -haut, look at the buzzard up there! Unfortunately I got the vowel sound wrong and they thought I was talking about une bouse, a cow pat, flying up there!
Editor's note: It's all in the pronunciation - bouse, cow pat, is pronounced with a long "ooz" while the "u" in buse, buzzard, is pronounced like an i with your lips pouted.
Sent by: Linda
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The same problem happened when I told my mother in law that my neck hurt: as you can imagine, my j'ai mal au cou - "my neck hurts" - did not come out exactly as I intended!
Poor you! It was an easy mistake. But when I read it I couldn't help laughing!
Flying cow pat! Poor you, indeed!
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