Michelle, I know what you mean about Spanish. I asked my husband's uncle last fall while they were visiting :"Comaste a su hermana's?" LOL. I meant to ask if he had eaten AT his sister's house. You should have seen his face...
:) Wendy --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Not stupid at all. Kind of cute actually. English > has so many bizarre > idioms that I do not know how anyone who did not > grow up speaking it can ever > figure them all out. > > By the way, I used to speak Spanish at work and > while I was very proficient > and could communicate anything I needed to say, I > sometimes did not say > things quite right and my clients would start > laughing. Sometimes they would tell > me why what I said was funny, but sometimes they > would not want to, which > always made me think maybe I inadvertently said > something racy. I never could > get a handle on all the slang and idioms and > everything, especially since my > clients came from a lot of different countries that > all had their own > expressions. > > So by my standards, Hideyo, your English is > brilliant, and I wish you would > stop apologizing for it! :) > > Michelle > > In a message dated 1/26/2006 4:24:11 P.M. Eastern > Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Yes, I meant pat on the back â I said something > really stupid again, > Michelle (tap on her shoulder ----) > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
