Working For Two Anuses
My mother is known for not being able to say certain words; one of them is 'sheet'. I've tried to help many times and the conversation goes like this: "okay Mom let's try it, 'sh e e e eet'''... "shhhhh it".
Maybe it's genetic?
When practicing Spanish today I caught myself saying 'ano' instead of 'año'. As you may know 'ano' means 'anus', not 'year'. I wasn't trying to 'disrupt the class', it just came out that way. It's surprizingly hard to make even simple foreign sounds sometimes.
Luckily no one was around to witness this blunder, but I imagined all kinds of ways of embarrassing myself:
Mi hijo tiene dos anos!
My son has two anuses!
He desperdiciado tres buenos anos.
I've wasted three good anuses.
Los anos se han ido volando
The anuses have flown by
¡Tuve un ano horrible!
I had a horrible anus!
I will now stop, but if you think of a good one please let me know.
Posted in: s/Language_Acquisition
2024-05-23 · 2 years ago · 🤔 2 😄 4
8 Comments ↓
🦆 CitySlicker · 2024-05-24 at 10:05:
Cuantos anos tienes?
🐦 wasolili [...] · 2024-05-25 at 22:50:
describing the chinese zodiac animals has potential: "el ano del dragón"
🛰️ lufte · 2024-06-20 at 00:03:
Another pair: camp and campo
🚀 stack [OP/mod] · 2024-06-20 at 01:32:
@lufte Please explain
🛰️ lufte · 2024-06-20 at 14:13:
It seems I've posted my comment in the wrong thread :D. This is where I wanted to post it: gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/Language_Acquisition/17771.
☯️ johano · 2024-10-11 at 15:54:
Mis amigos queridos, les deseo muy feliz ano nuevo! 😂
🚀 stack [OP/mod] · 2024-10-11 at 20:42:
Las cosas mejorarán en unos anos.
🚀 stack [OP/mod] · 2024-10-11 at 20:52:
¡Que tengas muchos anos llenos de felicidad!
Eso salió mas horrible de lo que esperaba.