Re: How to Stay Away From Faux Pas in a Foreign Language?

2018-04-03 Thread Timoses via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Tuesday, 3 April 2018 at 15:02:34 UTC, markmst wrote: Why Pay For Learning a Foreign I actually read this until "Why Pay For Learning a Foreign Language". I didn't get the joke... Go figure..

How to Stay Away From Faux Pas in a Foreign Language?

2018-04-03 Thread markmst via Digitalmars-d-learn
Many language learners will have a similar story to narrate. They have often used a foreign word accidentally, which may sound similar in the English as well as in the target language and yet are completely different in their meanings, Such linguistic goof-ups are referred to as "false