bikkle wrote:Gaijin gaffes
Ok, and here's a good gai-gaffe I found at http://tomoyo.pitas.com/12_02_2002.html
Karakuri Funniest Japanese" which is a show in which a white dude goes around Japan talking to gaijin, and everyone laughs at their funny Japanese mistakes. The best one was this French guy who was saying that a bike messenger was totally boggled by his Japanese. He said that the guy kept asking for his stamp (hanko) and he kept saying, "I don't have a hanko!" (Hanko ga nai!) But due to the guy's French background, he couldn't pronounce the H sound. So it came out as "anko ga nai!" (I don't have any sweet bean paste.) The host of the show, who speaks really good JP despite being a gaijin, was laughing and saying, "But anko is sweet!" and the guy said, "No, no it's not! It's a stamp!" After the French guy explained that the problem was his inability to pronounce the H sound, the host of the show decided to have some fun with this. He said, "So do you eat rice with chopsticks? Okay, say that in Japanese." The French guy said, "Ashi de tabemasu." (I eat with my legs.) He was trying to say "hashi" (chopsticks) but it came out as "ashi" (legs). And then the host said, "Tell me in Japanese that you love flowers." Before the French guy even said it, my whole class was laughing. We knew what he was going to say. "Ana daisuki." (I love holes.) XDDDDD He was trying to say "hana" (flower) but it came out as "ana" (hole).
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Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2002 10:33 am
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