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A mistake I once made: instead of お城（おしろ）I said お尻（おしり） (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In the car on the way to a castle (お城) with my host family's kids, no less. They thought it was hilarious that I was excited to see the お尻 (butt).

Any other gaffes out there? 🙃

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (3 children)

This hasn't happend yet, but I'm paranoid I will one day day say 触ってもいいですか when I mean to say 座ってもいいですか.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

触ってもいいですか? とても柔らかくて魅力的に見えます

via google translate.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I’m pretty sure context and inflection would probably make a huge difference here. You may say 触ってもいいですか, but if you are entering someone’s home or going out to eat and approaching a table, I think they’re going to understand your intention or at the very most that you made a silly pronunciation mistake.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Oo that could be really bad. Yea... now I'm worried I might do that by accident too!