A collection of noises, represented by letters.
I may have told you this, but the last time we were in France, we forgot my husband's anti-dandruff shampoo.
At most drugstores, everything’s behind the counter, so, as the francophone, I had to ask for it.
Of course, I have no idea how to say “anti-dandruff,” so it came out as:
“Have you the shampoo for those whose heads have snow?”
Thanks, Alliance Française!
I feel like I would have remembered this! It would be funny to compile a list of tortured translations like this. I'm pretty sure I've brought a lot of joy to people across the globe with some pretty weird turns of phrase.
Elephants, too, I’ll wager!
On the list of tortured translations, I’ve always loved David Sedaris’s complaint to his French landlord:
“The toilet, she cries constantly!”
Sedaris' "Me Talk Pretty One Day" is my Bible.
I may have told you this, but the last time we were in France, we forgot my husband's anti-dandruff shampoo.
At most drugstores, everything’s behind the counter, so, as the francophone, I had to ask for it.
Of course, I have no idea how to say “anti-dandruff,” so it came out as:
“Have you the shampoo for those whose heads have snow?”
Thanks, Alliance Française!
I feel like I would have remembered this! It would be funny to compile a list of tortured translations like this. I'm pretty sure I've brought a lot of joy to people across the globe with some pretty weird turns of phrase.
Elephants, too, I’ll wager!
On the list of tortured translations, I’ve always loved David Sedaris’s complaint to his French landlord:
“The toilet, she cries constantly!”
Sedaris' "Me Talk Pretty One Day" is my Bible.