I feel guilty for neglecting my blog and ignoring the needs and demands of my fans (yes, all 6 of my followers!). I am working on a very interesting piece, so just you wait. Meanwhile I have a funny story that I must relate.
My friend Erin just signed a contract for her high-end apartment she will be renting for a year. Her Korean real estate agent took her inside the apartment to explain which buttons to push for her high-tech joint and when she got to the bidet part (if you don't know what a bidet is, Google it.)this is how the conversation went. (Keep in mind that the real estate agent is a very prim and proper Korean lady.)
Agent: This button is for number 1 and this button is for number 2.
Erin: (Trying to decipher whether no. 1 and no.2 were what she thought they were...) What do you mean?
Agent: You know, number 1 is for peeing and number 2 is for your asshole.
Erin: Your asshole?
Agent: Yes, your asshole.
Erin: (Starts laughing her head off)
Agent: (Panicking) What? Isn't that how you say it? Isn't it asshole?
Erin: (Coming to herself) Yes, it is but you don't really say the word. It's a curse word.
Agent: (Astonished) Really? I had no idea! What do you call it then?
Erin: Well, we don't usually say the word to indicate the asshole. We just describe the general area where it is located. We say bottom.
Agent: Oh okay.
Gotta love the American who taught her that.
ROFL!! That's hilarious! I wonder around how many Americans she has misused that word. Poor lady, but at least she knows.
ReplyDeleteThat is soooo funny! Reminds me of the time I tried to speak Spanish and I used the word "embarasada" to say that I was embarrassed. It actually means "pregnant"! I basically told the teacher of the Spanish Sunday School class that I didn't want to read aloud because I was "pregnant". (I was only 18 years old at the time. I was attending our ward's Spanish Sunday School class to learn Spanish. Thank goodness the people knew enough English to know what I really meant!)
ReplyDeleteoh goodness... that's what I get a chuckle watching Korean dramas with subtitles.
ReplyDeleteI get that a lot in Hong Kong.
I prefer regular toilet seats. The modern toilet gave me very funky experience I never want to go through that again.