True Story, a woman came into a store near me and asked for cheap potatoes. The owner showed her the cheapest potatoes available but she kept emphatically insisting that she wanted cheap potatoes. Finally he realized that she meant potato chips.
In the distant past, when I was at high school, I was sent on an errand too pick up the lunch order, for a group of teachers, from a local shop. There was an exchange teacher, from the USA, who cracked the whole room up by asking me if I could get her a "Cock in a can" .
My grandfather was Italian but he immigrated to Brazil with his family when he was 8. He once told me a story about how he went to buy some butter at a local store and almost got punched by the owner. Bit of context here, in Italian butter is called "burro"... in portuguese however, burro means "idiot". So what actually happened is that he went to the store and kept calling the owner an idiot for no reason at all.
i love how at the end the charachter repeats every item and just smiles like he's proud of himself, he succesfully went shopping alone thats such a vibe haha
it's a pity the end of the sketch has been cut off, there is a punchline afterwards where he says that his wife needs 'bras ears' because she has big 'taits' lol
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When I was living in London in my youth, my German Mum came to visit. She was adamant that even with only her bits of school English from long ago, she’d venture out alone, too. One time she was looking to fix her cracked nailpolish, but she had forgotten the word, and could only gesture out what she meant, so she wiped her nails. The Indian shopkeeper’s eyes lit up and he said triumphantly „Ahh, you want limova!“ Miraculously, that made Mum remember the word „remover“, and she told me later how pleased both the shopkeeper and she had been about the successful business transaction… 😂
While I was working as a receptionist in a hotel in London, the management decided to place, right in front of the reception desk, a neon sign wishing guests happy New Year in different languages. Since there was no letter "ñ" for the word ”año" (the Spanish word for year) they decided to write an "n" instead, making it "ano". So, I would spend 8 hours everyday reading every few minutes "Feliz ano nuevo" (happy new anus) in my mother tongue. Some of the guests even waited for the message to appear to say it to me in Spanish. I can still see that neon in my nightmares.
True story. My auntie went to the shop keeper and said " you good" the shop keeper replied " yes I'm good" she then said " no no no, you good" he replied " I'm good, you are good, we are all good". She then left the shop and told the family about this, turns out that she just wanted yogurt.
There was this Chinese guy staying at the same capsule hotel where I was at in Japan. Became my friend and one day I asked where is he planning to go the following day. He answered, "Everest". I was amazed also confused. Then he clarified "Have a rest"
Once me and my friend went out for grocery in Turkey, we needed half kg of meat. In Turkish, "Yirmi" means 20 and "Yarım" means half. Me and my friend kept asking the butcher to give us "Yirmi" (20) kg of meat instead of "Yarım" (1/2) kg, and he kept insisting with gestures that "Yirmi" would be aaaa lot, he was even laughing whilst doing so.😂 Then I sensed that something is wrong, and googled the Turkish of "half kg". We all were laughing, afterwards 😂😂😂 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
A Filipino girl once came asking for something she goes, "can you give me sea salt" and I was like it's great she's specifying exactly what kind of salt she's looking for. And I handed her the bottle but she kept repeating sea salt, sea salt. I was confused, then she gestured with her fingers saying she wants "scissor" 🤦🏻♂️ omg I was just laughing like madman after she left, still gives me a chuckle.
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You must be American, you ppl can't handle the cognitive stress of having to listen and interpret accents which is why accent based discrimination is a thing in USA.
@@SSchithFoo I'm actually Canadian,and I ment no discrimination. When I said "this felt like the longest 4 minutes". I ment it felt longer than most 4 minute videos on youtube.(Which I was perfectly fine with,Because I enjoyed the video.) All thought if this aired today this probably wouldn't make it on air,as it does seem racist or cultural offence.
I had several amusing episodes of miscommunication when I worked in France with a very limited understanding of the French language garnered from 1 year of high school French in America. I had learned in high school that bathroom translated to “salle de bain” in French. At a restaurant, I asked: “Ou est la salle de bain?” The waitress had a very perplexed expression. I repeated myself several times, more slowly and loudly each time. Finally, one of my co-workers explained that the correct phrase is “Ou est la toilet?” He further explained that a bathroom in French literally is a room that has a bathtub in it for bathing, and the waitress was confused as to why I wanted to take a bath in the middle of dinner.
When I was a kid, my family moved to the US for a year for my fathers job. My mom wasn't very used to speaking English. Now, in Dutch we have the word "hoor" which translates to "hear". It is often added to a sentence to add a friendly denial of a presumption someone has, about you wanting something from them. Especially when that presumption they had would give a slight inconvenience to them if it is correct. It's sort off a "don't worry about it" In the first week we arrived, me and my mom went grocery shopping. My mom proceeded to pay for our groceries with some trouble due to the difference in currency. After which the cashier (a very neat, conservative Christian looking woman) asked kindly: would you like a receipt miss? After which my mom, being nervous in her first interaction with an english speaking person, waved her hand dismissively and yelled: "Haha oh no! no thank you HOOR!". Take in mind that the word "hoor", is pronounced the exact same way as "whore". I still can't get over the memory of the cashiers look of utter shock and disdain, and my poor mom's confusion
Happened to me as well in Phuket. While I was in a taxi from airport to my hotel the driver kept asking me "why come to Phuket" and I kept replying, "for a vacation". It's was after several minutes I realized that he was just saying to me "welcome to Phuket" 😂😂😂
My wife and I went to a lunch bar / diner that was run by a sweet Asian couple. It was breakfast time so we ordered bacon and blueberry pancakes and asked if we could also have a side of fries. Our pancakes arrived accompanied by a side of rice 😂 we had a laugh and actually enjoyed our pancakes and rice
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Friend of mine told me a story about how when working the register for a hotel store, a Japanese customer came in and continually pointed toward the back of the shelf wanting to buy something....righter. As my friend kept moving toward the right, the customer became more and more confused and irritated. Eventually, he realized the tourist meant "lighter," not "righter." They both had a good laugh over it.
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Chocolity cack - chocolate cake Chocolity mouse - chocolate mousse Tomato parri- tomato purée Bikarbonet ofsoder - bicarbonate of soda Jewish - juice Chinaman - cinnamon C of E - coffee Apriket juice - apricot juice Tin of Tong-u - tin of tongue (it’s a real thing) Viland and Pee - veal and ham pie Soup - soap Mymalady - marmalade Twoast- toast
Once, our teacher was telling us about when she travelled from the UK to Bangladesh on a sheep. Took us all a minute to process she meant "ship" Bless her she was the cutest ❤
When I was working for Wal-Mart several years ago, I dealt with an Iranian couple who were looking for "Chicken Beans". I had no idea what they were talking about, so I directed them to the canned food aisle. It was only when I got home that night I realized they meant Chickpeas.
I love all the comments with people showing the struggles and hilarity they/ their family members went through communicating with other cultures. Much love and respect to you all
@@TheFunnyDictator told my parents in law that my mother used to sell coats in the Soviet Union. Mispronounced it to sound like “coke”. For months they thought my mother was a mafia coke dealer.
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35 odd years ago I worked on the factory floor. A german quality control man wanted a dickhe from a croation machine operator. The german kept calling dickhe. The Croatian called him a dickhe back. Things got heated. The german finally called fora a quality control TICKET. The croation finally understood the different pronunciation between Dickhead and ticket. I didn't need to watch comedy when I worked there.
I'm surprised that Croatian didn't know German. Mostly, Croatian who work in Germany speak the language. My favorite word in German is Kurtz. In Croatian, it means dick.😆
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Idk about anyone else but I actually enjoy learning to communicate with people when we don't speak the same language. It's hilarious and fun. Sometimes a bit frustrating when the point isn't clear after awhile but fun nonetheless.
Pure gold. I remembered back in the day, on my way home from school. I was seated next to a man who was on the phone telling someone to get him ‘ORANGE JEWISH FROM TESCO’
My father had a friend in Ireland named Michael with whom he used to work. One day he asked my father if he could bring 'two nappies' to him. My father thought that maybe he had small children at home that is why he was asking for nappies, So my father bought them from the nearby market and handed them over to him. Then Michael again said that he wanted two nappies, after minutes of discussion my father understood he was asking for 'Tuna fish' 😄
I was at this shop once when an elderly African American man who was just before me in the queue asked the shopkeeper for some 'Ballerina'. It took all of us in the shopalmost half an hour collectively to figure out what he wanted- Semolina. 😂Was the funniest man in the world though. When he realised his mistake, had a good laugh with us. Great bloke
Plot twist, he actually want bologna.. But because he didn't want to trouble the employees no more, he lied that he wanted what you've just said: semolina
We got it here with our own 🤣 My Italian side in New York (Long Island, Bronx) Thanksgiving table setting up, my mom (Florida) in the kitchen. Aunt Laura (lactates Marinara) is in the dining room asks my mom “Hey Louise! Can you get me a “Fawk’N’knife?” My mom yells “Get your own fuckin’ knife!” Aunt Laura… “No Louise.. a Fooorrrk Annnd Knife” 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤣🤣🤣🤣
I am an lndian🇮🇳 , when l watched this video so l laught so much but l noticed one thing ,the shopkeeper is very helpful for him. He try to understand pronounciation of his customer and guide him right pronunciation of the product. This type of bonding between customer and retailer I never seen in my whole life.
I think this is outdated stereotype . I have been in couple Middle Eastern countries for 7.5 years and even tho 90% of people use Arabic most of time their English was understable .
@Vector Vector Ok, then you would know Arabic isn't the only language that is spoken in the Middle East, I am Assyrian we speak Aramaic, And my people have these accents and Egyptian English, Armenian English, Lebanese English, not all arabic is the same, there is different dialects. Aslo depends what part of the world they move too.
@@vector_vector__, back in the 70s, English weren't as widely spoken tho. Its only in recent years that the whole world started being comfortable with English.
I’m a Muslim and a 3rd generation son of immigrants and proud of it…watching this clip in all its classic British humorous glory makes me laugh and nostalgic and not at all offended. The level of “cultural appropriation” nowadays has made it impossible to crack jokes.
Well, that's quite true. I used to live in a coastal city which was a real melting pot of many world cultures & I developed an "ear" there for what people were saying or might be saying...now I live where most locals say they can't understand anyone with even a small accent & often I can assist in coming to some kind of understanding. Language is richness, just dive right in!
What's there to 'be proud' of though¡ i'm sorry. But thar is what i always feel. What is there to "be proud" of if I have travelled the world a little. But been in India mostly. I mean... you could have been born in space.. on some mission to explore deep space and discovered new planets and made one habitable. You would be just as proud of it. I think i would rather use the word 'happy' ...instead of 'proud'... in expressing my feelings in such sentences
I used to work at a supermarket, and one day an Indian man kept asking for "sart". And he was saying it with so much confidence, but I had no clue what it was. After I started repeating him, I unintentionally started even laughing a bit, cause for some reason "sart" reminded me of the word "fart". Eventually I understood that he meant SALT. And when I said "Oh you mean SALT!" he looked strangely towards me as if I was the one who was pronouncing it wrong. 🤣🤣🤣
I am a browny and also not much good in speaking English but one day that Indian guy that i meet him with his wife I just ask him how old they are and he answered me that I am dirty(30) and my wife is Dirty too(32). It is that the English can be pronounced the way we not English spoken people pronounce ! Let love make us strong 🙏
One time, I went to Austria with my family, and my mom kept telling the coffee shop lady that she wants "2 coffees". I decided to finally correct my mom, saying it's "2 cups of coffee", but the lady didn't understand, so I gave up and said "2 coffees". That's when I learned, sometimes you have to adjust your level of English so that the other person can understand you. Constantly trying to correct the other person will only make the conversation longer than it needs to be.
@@holabola9064 I didn't know that when I posted the comment. Also, I hope it doesn't seem like I meant "unintelligent" when I said that the Austrian lady didn't know English that well. She was very nice. I remember that she spoke English the same as my dad (my dad's English is genuinely, absolutely not good) and my dad is def not stupid. There's no reason for me to assume that just because her English was as bad as my dad's, then she must've been stupid or something. I was just trying to say that, constantly trying to correct someone's English pronunciation is a bit like expecting them to just know English, which is a bit unfair. I mean, my English isn't great either. Just look at me! I didn't even know "2 coffee" was correct! I'd be annoyed if I were stuck with a native speaker correcting the pronunciation of every word I say. Especially if they have the same attitude as I did back when I tried to correct that Austrian lady. I was an arrogant bitch.
The Two Ronnies were pure genius. Their comic timing and delivery, was so tight and flawless. I grew up watching all these Brit-coms in the 70s, you can't beat them! Ronnie Barker especially, was my Dad's fav. I still remember their catchphrase at the end of the show, "It's goodnight from me" "And it's goodnight from him".😄
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😂😂😂 this landed on my feed funny as shit shopkeepers knew what the man wanted way quicker than the man had me dying when he was asking for juice and called it Jewish 😂😂
I went to a chip shop run by a Scottish couple. She asked if I wanted my sausage buttered. Confused me,as I know the scots are always creating weird things like battered mars bars. Then I realised she'd asked if I wanted a battered sausage🙂
I worked at Kinko's in the 90's it was a place that made photo copies. I had a Hispanic customer come into the store adamant asking for Jell-O paper. I let him know we had no such thing and that he was more than welcome to choose a paper type out of our book of paper choices. It wasn't until he pointed to the yellow colored paper that I understood and couldn't stop laughing.
Don’t worry, we Spanish speakers have too many jokes about Americans and British mispronouncing Spanish words, and the funny outcomes. Therefore, we don’t even take offense when someone TRIES to make fun of us. 😂
My first day in the UK, a innocent uncle approached me because he recognized that we are from same country and asked very nervously that why the lady at the till told him that he has come to die ? Turns out he told lady that it was his first day as well and lady just said "oh..you have come today"
A taxi driver was driving an elderly man and his wife to the airport. The taxi driver asked the wife.you're virgin ?the wife blushed. The husband replied. No the last time I checked. He meant are you going to the virgin terminal ?
Another true story. A lady I know (from North East England-won't name her) once walked into a supermarket and asked a member of staff if they had any ''bastard chicken''. After a few moments of confusion, the member of staff tentatively asked ''Do you mean basted chicken?'' ...Yup, in Geordie she just said it the way she'd read it.
When speaking any of the Romance languages (French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian), I often have difficulty keeping track of the gender of nouns and often used the wrong articles. German is especially difficult because there are 3 genders and the articles change if the same noun is an object or subject in the sentence. When I was working in Tunisia (where very few people speak English), I was conversing in my broken French and trying to understand my co-workers who were speaking to me in a mix of French and Arabic. Because of my Chinese heritage, several co-workers asked if I was good at karate (which really is a Japanese form of martial arts) and whether I knew Bruce Lee (Bruce Lee films were very popular in the 1970s). Trying to be clever/witty, I replied: “Mais oui. Bruce Lee est ma cousine.” Everyone laughed, and at first I thought they were laughing at my joke. In fact, they were laughing at my poor French grammar. you see, “cousine” is feminine, and I should have said “mon cousin.” Finally, someone explained to me that perhaps I am Bruce Lee’s sister but Bruce Lee is not my (female) cousin.
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When I was in high school I got to take a trip to Europe. In particular to France and Germany. I was in the French language class at my school at the time. When we were in Europe there was another tourist group along the same bridge I think in Germany walking alongside us. It was a Japanese tourist group. We both kind of looked at each other and they said hello. And we said hi back. But we got over enthusiastic and we also said, “Hi! Are you from Japan? We’re from the US.” And then added, “We’re from Ohio…” And suddenly the entire group of Japanese tourists said, “Ohhh…Ohayou!” At the time we all were extremely confused. It was only afterwards that we realized that they thought we said good morning to them in Japanese-when we really just said we were from the state of Ohio. 😅 But it was hilarious after that. Because they were so happy, such a huge change in manner. They even jumped into our group photo our tour guide was taking of our group at the end of the bridge. I’ll never forget that. 😄
@@iwantabigpiece Pretty much. It was really funny because at first we were the outgoing ones-saying hi enthusiastically and they were more reserved. But immediately after we said Ohio they were very enthusiastic-more than we were. And we were kind of taken aback. I still have the photo on the bridge. It’s really funny because you can kind of see how we’re confused and a bit reserved and the Japanese group that literally jumped in our photo is very enthusiastic. Shy Americans and bold Japanese-I find it funny how it flips the stereotype.
That's really great 👍 it's a fact that due to language barrier it becomes hard to start a conversation and know the different types of culture and have some good time and memories.
@@PushpendraKumar-bq4pb I’m glad we did all the same, it ended up being a wonderful memory I’ll never forget. It maybe helped though because we were both clearly tourist groups. So kind of felt a connection immediately just from that. But yeah, it was so funny. We were all young, just high school age at the time. We all lived in a fairly small neighborhood and basically knew our classmates on the trip from elementary school all the way through high school-we all went to the same school since elementary. And basically the people who went on the trip from our school were all very different-like a Breakfast Club bunch. A popular boy went, some nerds, etc. We all got along though. But it was also amusing to me to see how everyone in our group reacted during the photobomb. 😂
He was driving, and looking for a place to park,and finally got one.He asked a policeman: can I bark here ? And policeman answered: OK .but don't bite people.
Como hispanohablante, ver esto fue un tremendo cague de risa, sobre todo porque me siento identificado con el árabe al tratar de pronunciar algo y que se entienda otra cosa. Enserio, por qué el inglés tiene tantas palabras que suenan casi y a veces completamente igual pero significan cosas distintas??? xD
I had a hard time asking for milk on an international trip in the airplane lmfao I pronounced it like "meeelk" and they couldnt get it cuz they pronounced it like "meeook" And they finally understood after a lot of back and forth lmao they were very hospitable It also feels very difficult to understand accents without subtitles irl so one time the shopkeeper had to repeat several times before i got it None of them got frustrated and were patient with me lmao
One uncle kept coming to me with pieces of paper asking to make him coffee. It was Ramadan but he kept insisting. Eventually I got upset and said "Uncle its ramadan you can't have coffee!" With an annoyed face he looked at me and shouted "No, PHOTO COFFEE"
Worked at a Savers in the Donation Center. As we're closing up and elderly woman pulls up to the dock and tells me she has a "Box of Warm Feces" to donate. I tell her no, we won't take the box. She looks confused and told me again to take the box of "Warm Feces" again I tell her we're not interested in Feces. She says to me "You look. Very good. Very warm. Best quality feces" and opens the box....it was full of FLEECE blankets. I explained what she said and we both had a good laugh
This video reminded me of teacher who kept talking about PILE in computer science class, I was confused the whole time, at last someone asked him what does he mean by PILE. He was angry and asked you don't know Pile, wrote it down on the writing board "File" and said P I L E , pile 😂😂😂😂, he could not pronounce F 😂😂😂😂
There was a sign at an Asian supermarket once announcing a sale on “Star Bellies.” My Chinese-American friend thought this was funny and pointed it out to her immigrant mum. The mum says, “That’s right, star bellies!” and points to the strawberries. It was an adorable moment, and from then on, I’ve always called strawberries star bellies, and it’s caught on among other people I know. So just remember: they’re star bellies from now on.
Along about 20 years or so my American colleague told me this story about a Japanese prof of English who was making a report at a language conference and said Great Bowel Shift instead of Great Vowel Shift. The other participants sat with straight faces trying hard not to laugh.
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When I was in my early teens, our family made a stop to a Chinese Restaurant in Weiden, Germany. After choosing a few dish from the menu, the waiter who was kinda quiet exclaimed "You won Lingpee..." our little yet crowded family was happily surprised and asked the waiter what and where is this Lingpee that we've won...then he said "No no no, you won Lingpee...Lingpee!" Yes, thats great! where is it? "You want Lingpee? Lingpee?" Yes, yes we want! "You won Lingpee with that?" Pointing at a Fu Yung Hai dish (Thick egg omelette with crab meat) photo on the menu. Then uses his pen to a specific item on the photo. It was Green peas. "You won Lingpee...? Yes?" Our family laughs and said Ok, lingpee we want...then he said, "Sori, we lingpee finish...no lingpee for you"
Happened to me once when i was in Canada. I just returned after a two day shift. I was very tired and my aunt just came running towards me and said, " You know someone got bit by a snack ". Took me almost 20 seconds to register that she was talking about a snake.
This reminds me of the cartoon Madeline. The Rajah wanted a snack, but the French chef misheard him, so he stole the snake from the snake charmer. Another was when Madeline wanted a peas with carrots but he thought she said bees with parrots.
This is a great sketch. I worked in Telesales and one guy used to ring every week to place an order. He came from Parkistan but spoke with a thick Scottish broken accent. I would guess his order, I must have got it right because he never complained. Ah Memories!
Many years ago we received a fire call to the 'sheet factory'. We knew there was no sheet factory in the town, but there was a factory where they made shirts. We went there but there was no fire there. We called up HQ for information only to be told that the fire was in the sewage works. We never did find out where the caller was from, but his grasp of English was just brilliant!
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I can understand and relate to the struggle. Vowels in English are sensitive and can change the meaning of words when they are not used correctly. I remember when I moved to Mississippi in 2013. I went with a Saudi friend to McDonald's that is located in an African American town. He wanted some chicken nuggets and when it was time to order he told the lady that he wants chicken nigga. People there started laughing and knew it was an innocent mistake. As we were leaving they told us y'all have a good day and comeback and see us for more chicken nigga
I can recall my Hungarian physics teacher trying to explain an equation to me, telling me to use the roe value. I kept insisting there was no roe value, until after several minutes I realised he meant the raw value! He's actually one of the best teachers I've had. His accent just made the lessons more interesting.
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@@Fortevn well, this is a nice sarcasm 😊. But you can twist it to the positive. I like the idea to see a benefit in trying to understand each others needs and handle with weaknesses. Everybody wants to be treated like a person of dignity and worth. Don't you?
English is not my first language. But I live in a country where English is spoken. And I socialize with many whom English is not first language either. But its much more fun try to understand what they mean. It makes the conversation and their presence so much more delight.
I work in advertising in Russia, and we sometimes encounter clients with Indian top managers. Doesn't happen often - but there's been a couple of situations. So during meetings you have my Russian coworkers with their Runglish, the Indian client with their Indian English - and me with my regular English doing most of the talking and listening because my colleagues have no idea what the client is saying and are too nervous to say something themselves, occasionally messaging me with questions and comments in the group chat 😄
What is "regular" English? Does not exist. Each region has its version. Typical AA attitude! Never been out of their pond, so they think there's no world outside it. Hehe! 😅
@dejuren Thanks for the laugh! One of many stupidest things to hear - it's so funny when you make fun of yourself without knowing it and thinking you're actually mocking others when they are in fact, pitying you, but just because of being cultured, don't show it. Did you understand anything at all from that, dummy?
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I remember when my English primary teacher told us the story where she went on vacation and tried to order a pineapple smoothie. She actually forgot the word pineapple and instead said the German word "Ananas”, which translates to “pineapple”. The waiter was so confused and she kept repeating the sentence “I want ananas” and even tried to alter the pronunciation to make the word “Ananas” sound like a legit English word. But she ended up saying “I want an anus” and everyone broke out in laughter lol.
Huh! 🤔 it’s pretty close to the word “anaras” which in Hindi means Pineapple. Alter the last “a” to “o”, as in “anaros” and it’ll still mean the same Pineapple but in Assamese.
My dad is Serbian and went to the chemist for his medication and asked for the recipe over and over - the woman was just confused and said she can't give him the recipe - he burst out laughing and said "I'm so sorry I mean receipt!"
When I was in Wales I was asked if I liked Korean chips. I said I didn't know what they were, which caused some confusion, as they couldn't understand how I hadn't heard of curry and chips.
Lol I understand how each country has such unique wordings for certain English words. I’m from Sri Lanka and some people from my country, including my own family use the word “comfort” for Fabric Softener😂 Because we’re so used to seeing the brand name and calling it just like that. So we say- “Did you forget to pour comfort for today’s laundry?” Some people won’t even know if you say fabric softener. Just say comfort and they’ll get you immediately!
I think that's like saying Hoover for vacuum cleaner in the UK, took me years to realise that was just the brand of the most popular one and some countries don't get it when you say Hoover
@@risewithtilla I see people are recounting their memories about a racist meme proudly these days...and i didnt talk about him i talked about the * british comedy *
@@tahaemad5809 A foreigner not being able to pronounce your language is funny and always will be. The fact they are british and speak "indian" accent doesn't have anything to do with the joke.
This was the longest 4 mins ever😂😂😂😂😂 the shop keeper is a very wise man😂😂😂 he understood the language of money. I swear British humour is the best, I don't know why but it is!
One I know from a friend who is was in the Gurkha's; when they relocated from Hong Kong to Kent mid 90s one of the soilders went into a local fish and chip shop and said to the owner " Do you know me ?" to which the F&C owner " yes I know you, what do you want?" the young Gurkha asked again " No, Do you know me?" which again he recived the same response and the two went back and forth until the F&C owner snaped " Yes I bloody know you ! What do you want ?!", the young Gurkha was suprised at the response and left a bit shocked! You see *mei* is a type of noodle popular in Asia he was asking the owner " Do you know *mei* ? As in do you serve noodles?
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In case your English pronounciation isn't correct, money can correct it all.
👌👍😅 you are right
Oh yes..surely money do the rest 😄😁
In case you don't know how to english and nobody understands you, just use a lot of money to solve the problem
Uh oh, knowledge can help $ave $ome buck$
You must be made in China, right Wang?
True Story, a woman came into a store near me and asked for cheap potatoes. The owner showed her the cheapest potatoes available but she kept emphatically insisting that she wanted cheap potatoes. Finally he realized that she meant potato chips.
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Potato cheaps haha
Hahaha
In the distant past, when I was at high school, I was sent on an errand too pick up the lunch order, for a group of teachers, from a local shop. There was an exchange teacher, from the USA, who cracked the whole room up by asking me if I could get her a "Cock in a can" .
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My grandfather was Italian but he immigrated to Brazil with his family when he was 8. He once told me a story about how he went to buy some butter at a local store and almost got punched by the owner. Bit of context here, in Italian butter is called "burro"... in portuguese however, burro means "idiot". So what actually happened is that he went to the store and kept calling the owner an idiot for no reason at all.
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Oh boy this not so good
Did he sort it out with the store owner?
Omg! 😂 my Italian grandpa came to Argentina when he was 5 and till the day he died at 92 he still struggled to pronounce some words!
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0% toxic
0% racism
0%sexism
0% violence
Just two guys making pure comedy gold
Yes bro...no hurting of moral sentiments like many shows do under umbrella of entertainment
You can make that racism part a bit higher than zero
@@huzaifamansoor4068 😒 wtf
Maybe 2% sexism
@@huzaifamansoor4068No you can't
I love the part where the shopkeeper just submits to capitalism. 🤣
:))))).He was submitted this is the capitulation act.
Of course it's a Shop 😂
Well we all enjoy a bit of capital
Don't forget, he's Arkwright in disguise - not too many discounts there!
Money, the great equalizer.
i love how at the end the charachter repeats every item and just smiles like he's proud of himself, he succesfully went shopping alone thats such a vibe haha
it's a pity the end of the sketch has been cut off, there is a punchline afterwards where he says that his wife needs 'bras ears' because she has big 'taits' lol
thats gangstaa
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When I was living in London in my youth, my German Mum came to visit. She was adamant that even with only her bits of school English from long ago, she’d venture out alone, too.
One time she was looking to fix her cracked nailpolish, but she had forgotten the word, and could only gesture out what she meant, so she wiped her nails. The Indian shopkeeper’s eyes lit up and he said triumphantly „Ahh, you want limova!“ Miraculously, that made Mum remember the word „remover“, and she told me later how pleased both the shopkeeper and she had been about the successful business transaction… 😂
Love it!
Lol 😂
Indians never use l for r
@@blessedslavesome says even t and d. So, what do Indian people pronounce????
@@blessedslavedelusion
While I was working as a receptionist in a hotel in London, the management decided to place, right in front of the reception desk, a neon sign wishing guests happy New Year in different languages. Since there was no letter "ñ" for the word ”año" (the Spanish word for year) they decided to write an "n" instead, making it "ano". So, I would spend 8 hours everyday reading every few minutes "Feliz ano nuevo" (happy new anus) in my mother tongue. Some of the guests even waited for the message to appear to say it to me in Spanish. I can still see that neon in my nightmares.
True story. My auntie went to the shop keeper and said " you good" the shop keeper replied " yes I'm good" she then said " no no no, you good" he replied " I'm good, you are good, we are all good".
She then left the shop and told the family about this, turns out that she just wanted yogurt.
In the Netherlands we also had this They also made sketch out of it ruclips.net/video/BELNmsxSajM/видео.html
Probably no subtitles unfortunately.
Oh god bless her
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There was this Chinese guy staying at the same capsule hotel where I was at in Japan. Became my friend and one day I asked where is he planning to go the following day. He answered, "Everest". I was amazed also confused. Then he clarified "Have a rest"
Lol .....
Your comment was hilarious
Ujajajajajajajaja
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Once me and my friend went out for grocery in Turkey, we needed half kg of meat. In Turkish, "Yirmi" means 20 and "Yarım" means half.
Me and my friend kept asking the butcher to give us "Yirmi" (20) kg of meat instead of "Yarım" (1/2) kg, and he kept insisting with gestures that "Yirmi" would be aaaa lot, he was even laughing whilst doing so.😂
Then I sensed that something is wrong, and googled the Turkish of "half kg".
We all were laughing, afterwards 😂😂😂
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A Filipino girl once came asking for something she goes, "can you give me sea salt" and I was like it's great she's specifying exactly what kind of salt she's looking for. And I handed her the bottle but she kept repeating sea salt, sea salt. I was confused, then she gestured with her fingers saying she wants "scissor" 🤦🏻♂️ omg I was just laughing like madman after she left, still gives me a chuckle.
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This felt like the longest 4 minutes ever😂
yeah i want a sequel
Trueeee
Totally
You must be American, you ppl can't handle the cognitive stress of having to listen and interpret accents which is why accent based discrimination is a thing in USA.
@@SSchithFoo I'm actually Canadian,and I ment no discrimination. When I said "this felt like the longest 4 minutes". I ment it felt longer than most 4 minute videos on youtube.(Which I was perfectly fine with,Because I enjoyed the video.) All thought if this aired today this probably wouldn't make it on air,as it does seem racist or cultural offence.
No racism, just pure friendly people. This is what we need👌✌️
I'm surprised something like this existed back in the day.
I thought, the terrifying sterotypes would've been stronger back then.
It's hilarious, and in no way was made to offend anyone.
You can be "racist"(as in not actually racist) and still be funny
the old shopkeeper rather than correcting his pronunciation and berating him for it, he just went with it and i love it
Friendly if you have money. I wonder what it would’ve been like if he were a poor immigrant.
The comedy that never ages.. this comedy is genius gold 👌🏻🤣🤣🤣
I had several amusing episodes of miscommunication when I worked in France with a very limited understanding of the French language garnered from 1 year of high school French in America. I had learned in high school that bathroom translated to “salle de bain” in French. At a restaurant, I asked: “Ou est la salle de bain?” The waitress had a very perplexed expression. I repeated myself several times, more slowly and loudly each time. Finally, one of my co-workers explained that the correct phrase is “Ou est la toilet?” He further explained that a bathroom in French literally is a room that has a bathtub in it for bathing, and the waitress was confused as to why I wanted to take a bath in the middle of dinner.
I still don't understand why Americans call it the bathroom! In French, toilettes is always plural so the question would be "Où sont les toilettes ?".
When I was a kid, my family moved to the US for a year for my fathers job. My mom wasn't very used to speaking English. Now, in Dutch we have the word "hoor" which translates to "hear". It is often added to a sentence to add a friendly denial of a presumption someone has, about you wanting something from them. Especially when that presumption they had would give a slight inconvenience to them if it is correct. It's sort off a "don't worry about it"
In the first week we arrived, me and my mom went grocery shopping. My mom proceeded to pay for our groceries with some trouble due to the difference in currency. After which the cashier (a very neat, conservative Christian looking woman) asked kindly: would you like a receipt miss? After which my mom, being nervous in her first interaction with an english speaking person, waved her hand dismissively and yelled: "Haha oh no! no thank you HOOR!". Take in mind that the word "hoor", is pronounced the exact same way as "whore".
I still can't get over the memory of the cashiers look of utter shock and disdain, and my poor mom's confusion
Poor lady 😂😂😂
very easy fix ya see
just tel' ya mom to ad' ney when she say 'hoor'
@@ut7746 😂😂😂
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Oh no, poor thing
Happened to me as well in Phuket. While I was in a taxi from airport to my hotel the driver kept asking me "why come to Phuket" and I kept replying, "for a vacation". It's was after several minutes I realized that he was just saying to me "welcome to Phuket" 😂😂😂
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Damn.. Funny shit
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Why come to fuck it
Some french influenced speakers will read Phuket : "fuck it". It happened to one of my colleagues.
My wife and I went to a lunch bar / diner that was run by a sweet Asian couple. It was breakfast time so we ordered bacon and blueberry pancakes and asked if we could also have a side of fries. Our pancakes arrived accompanied by a side of rice 😂 we had a laugh and actually enjoyed our pancakes and rice
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Friend of mine told me a story about how when working the register for a hotel store, a Japanese customer came in and continually pointed toward the back of the shelf wanting to buy something....righter. As my friend kept moving toward the right, the customer became more and more confused and irritated. Eventually, he realized the tourist meant "lighter," not "righter." They both had a good laugh over it.
Hahaha that was a good one 😂 righter
Still...Japanese Don't have L in their alphabet but why or how they spell it sometimes ?
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The thing about British comedy and British humour in general is that the British themselves are making fun of themselves more than any other group.
british are not Arab
@@Ventilatori57 Sure
@@Ventilatori57 why not? arab can be british why british are not arab?
How is this video making fun of the british
@@Ventilatori57
What you mean?
Chocolity cack - chocolate cake
Chocolity mouse - chocolate mousse
Tomato parri- tomato purée
Bikarbonet ofsoder - bicarbonate of soda
Jewish - juice
Chinaman - cinnamon
C of E - coffee
Apriket juice - apricot juice
Tin of Tong-u - tin of tongue (it’s a real thing)
Viland and Pee - veal and ham pie
Soup - soap
Mymalady - marmalade
Twoast- toast
soup is soap
cow tongue? i feel like that the most common animal tongue to use for cooking purposes
Tonk wyu
@@dudeberserker6279 yo-oor weelcham
The hell is C of E?
Once, our teacher was telling us about when she travelled from the UK to Bangladesh on a sheep. Took us all a minute to process she meant "ship"
Bless her she was the cutest ❤
When I was working for Wal-Mart several years ago, I dealt with an Iranian couple who were looking for "Chicken Beans". I had no idea what they were talking about, so I directed them to the canned food aisle. It was only when I got home that night I realized they meant Chickpeas.
I love all the comments with people showing the struggles and hilarity they/ their family members went through communicating with other cultures. Much love and respect to you all
What about your stories?
@@TheFunnyDictator told my parents in law that my mother used to sell coats in the Soviet Union. Mispronounced it to sound like “coke”. For months they thought my mother was a mafia coke dealer.
@@leonid123ful Isn't coke Coca-Cola?
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35 odd years ago I worked on the factory floor. A german quality control man wanted a dickhe from a croation machine operator. The german kept calling dickhe. The Croatian called him a dickhe back. Things got heated. The german finally called fora a quality control TICKET. The croation finally understood the different pronunciation between Dickhead and ticket. I didn't need to watch comedy when I worked there.
Hilarious 😂😂😂😂
ok this is seriously underrated
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I'm surprised that Croatian didn't know German. Mostly, Croatian who work in Germany speak the language. My favorite word in German is Kurtz. In Croatian, it means dick.😆
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Idk about anyone else but I actually enjoy learning to communicate with people when we don't speak the same language. It's hilarious and fun. Sometimes a bit frustrating when the point isn't clear after awhile but fun nonetheless.
Pure gold.
I remembered back in the day, on my way home from school. I was seated next to a man who was on the phone telling someone to get him ‘ORANGE JEWISH FROM TESCO’
My father had a friend in Ireland
named Michael with whom he used to work. One day he asked my father if he could bring 'two nappies' to him. My father thought that maybe he had small children at home that is why he was asking for nappies,
So my father bought them from the nearby market and handed them over to him. Then Michael again said that he wanted two nappies, after minutes of discussion my father understood he was asking for 'Tuna fish'
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LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🤣
That was too too far 🤣🤣🤣🤣
LOL oh I get it, he was saying "Toona Piss". Classic
@@KitKat-te7jn yess
Oh man!Can't stop laughing. This one is too good.🤣
I was at this shop once when an elderly African American man who was just before me in the queue asked the shopkeeper for some 'Ballerina'. It took all of us in the shopalmost half an hour collectively to figure out what he wanted- Semolina. 😂Was the funniest man in the world though. When he realised his mistake, had a good laugh with us. Great bloke
Hahaha :D That's sweet! I thought you were going to say he wanted bologna!
Plot twist, he actually want bologna..
But because he didn't want to trouble the employees no more, he lied that he wanted what you've just said: semolina
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What is bologna?
For that matter, what is Semolina? Sorry, I am a non-American.
We got it here with our own 🤣 My Italian side in New York (Long Island, Bronx) Thanksgiving table setting up, my mom (Florida) in the kitchen. Aunt Laura (lactates Marinara) is in the dining room asks my mom “Hey Louise! Can you get me a “Fawk’N’knife?”
My mom yells “Get your own fuckin’ knife!”
Aunt Laura… “No Louise.. a Fooorrrk Annnd Knife”
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I am an lndian🇮🇳 , when l watched this video so l laught so much but l noticed one thing ,the shopkeeper is very helpful for him. He try to understand pronounciation of his customer and guide him right pronunciation of the product. This type of bonding between customer and retailer I never seen in my whole life.
maybe because ur in US or Australia - I see this kind of thing in London all the time.
As a middle eastern I think this is hilarious 😂 my parents and many of the elders speak like this hahaha.
I think this is outdated stereotype .
I have been in couple Middle Eastern countries for 7.5 years and even tho 90% of people use Arabic most of time their English was understable .
@@vector_vector__ this was in the 70s
@Vector Vector Ok, then you would know Arabic isn't the only language that is spoken in the Middle East, I am Assyrian we speak Aramaic, And my people have these accents and Egyptian English, Armenian English, Lebanese English, not all arabic is the same, there is different dialects. Aslo depends what part of the world they move too.
I don't. It's the same dumb joke repeated a billion trillion times a minute it's so annoying and unfunny
@@vector_vector__, back in the 70s, English weren't as widely spoken tho. Its only in recent years that the whole world started being comfortable with English.
I’m a Muslim and a 3rd generation son of immigrants and proud of it…watching this clip in all its classic British humorous glory makes me laugh and nostalgic and not at all offended. The level of “cultural appropriation” nowadays has made it impossible to crack jokes.
Well, that's quite true. I used to live in a coastal city which was a real melting pot of many world cultures & I developed an "ear" there for what people were saying or might be saying...now I live where most locals say they can't understand anyone with even a small accent & often I can assist in coming to some kind of understanding. Language is richness, just dive right in!
What's there to 'be proud' of though¡ i'm sorry.
But thar is what i always feel.
What is there to "be proud" of if I have travelled the world a little.
But been in India mostly.
I mean... you could have been born in space.. on some mission to explore deep space and discovered new planets and made one habitable.
You would be just as proud of it.
I think i would rather use the word 'happy' ...instead of 'proud'... in expressing my feelings in such sentences
Make sure you don't eat 'ham' and be 'proud of it', unless you're 'different.'
there's a big difference between being a Muslim and an Arab
@@sorandomthings2222 Sorry, we don't base our conclusions off the non-Muslim minorities here.
I like how quick the wife caught on
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I’m German but when it came to the Marmelade I automatically caught on too 😂
I used to work at a supermarket, and one day an Indian man kept asking for "sart". And he was saying it with so much confidence, but I had no clue what it was. After I started repeating him, I unintentionally started even laughing a bit, cause for some reason "sart" reminded me of the word "fart". Eventually I understood that he meant SALT. And when I said "Oh you mean SALT!" he looked strangely towards me as if I was the one who was pronouncing it wrong. 🤣🤣🤣
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Bruh i understand right away.
I am a browny and also not much good in speaking English but one day that Indian guy that i meet him with his wife I just ask him how old they are and he answered me that I am dirty(30) and my wife is Dirty too(32). It is that the English can be pronounced the way we not English spoken people pronounce ! Let love make us strong 🙏
I do not mean love making make us strong 🤣🤣🤣
One time, I went to Austria with my family, and my mom kept telling the coffee shop lady that she wants "2 coffees". I decided to finally correct my mom, saying it's "2 cups of coffee", but the lady didn't understand, so I gave up and said "2 coffees". That's when I learned, sometimes you have to adjust your level of English so that the other person can understand you. Constantly trying to correct the other person will only make the conversation longer than it needs to be.
"2 coffees" is totally correct tho
@@mfultimate I didn't know that. I've only ever heard my mom say it, and it was only that one time, where she said it like that on purpose
Two cups of coffee can be shortened to “two coffee.”
“Coffee” is an uncountable noun, and “two coffees” sounds awkward, so they say “two coffee.”
@@mascotwithadinosaur9353 your comment makes no sense then... it's not like "two coffees" is the uneducated way of asking for coffee
@@holabola9064 I didn't know that when I posted the comment.
Also, I hope it doesn't seem like I meant "unintelligent" when I said that the Austrian lady didn't know English that well. She was very nice. I remember that she spoke English the same as my dad (my dad's English is genuinely, absolutely not good) and my dad is def not stupid. There's no reason for me to assume that just because her English was as bad as my dad's, then she must've been stupid or something. I was just trying to say that, constantly trying to correct someone's English pronunciation is a bit like expecting them to just know English, which is a bit unfair. I mean, my English isn't great either. Just look at me! I didn't even know "2 coffee" was correct! I'd be annoyed if I were stuck with a native speaker correcting the pronunciation of every word I say. Especially if they have the same attitude as I did back when I tried to correct that Austrian lady. I was an arrogant bitch.
I am sure I’m not the only one who is trying to guess what he wants before the shop keeper gives to him 😆
Wow this is just incredible. I wish days were as simple and pure today!
Funny how I actually started to understand everything as the video went on
no you did not.
Meee toooo😂😂😂
You would make a great shopkeeper hey😜
The human brain finds ways to adapt.
#MeToo 🤣
The Two Ronnies were pure genius. Their comic timing and delivery, was so tight and flawless. I grew up watching all these Brit-coms in the 70s, you can't beat them! Ronnie Barker especially, was my Dad's fav. I still remember their catchphrase at the end of the show, "It's goodnight from me" "And it's goodnight from him".😄
What's the show's name
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*Yeah.*
*What's the name?*
@@anzalchungathr literally "The Two Ronnies".
well I think Brits are silly, their sense of humor is terrible
Sadly, they dont make those kinds of comedy anymore these days...
I like how quickly this turned into a game instead of being frustrated and angry
Wow..!! This shopkeeper ended racism years ago . Salute to u sir!! 🫡 hope every country will learn from this guy ✨
I love how he just turned it into some kind of game show for him and his wife lol
Also, the whole "Jewish? no, Church of England" part LMFAOOOOO
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A French man with a very thick accent came up to me in a mall once, he asked me for a fireplace. Turns out he wanted a cigarette lighter.
:D Wow!
😂😂😂 this landed on my feed funny as shit shopkeepers knew what the man wanted way quicker than the man had me dying when he was asking for juice and called it Jewish 😂😂
I went to a chip shop run by a Scottish couple. She asked if I wanted my sausage buttered. Confused me,as I know the scots are always creating weird things like battered mars bars. Then I realised she'd asked if I wanted a battered sausage🙂
I worked at Kinko's in the 90's it was a place that made photo copies. I had a Hispanic customer come into the store adamant asking for Jell-O paper. I let him know we had no such thing and that he was more than welcome to choose a paper type out of our book of paper choices. It wasn't until he pointed to the yellow colored paper that I understood and couldn't stop laughing.
Oh.... 😄
Jjjajajaja
gemme some chocolati Jewish
Don’t worry, we Spanish speakers have too many jokes about Americans and British mispronouncing Spanish words, and the funny outcomes. Therefore, we don’t even take offense when someone TRIES to make fun of us. 😂
Probably asked for the paper to be lemonade
When you have enough money you could decide what and how to pronounce any word😂😂
And the world will agree 😂
And if you're Humpty Dumpty, also what it means 😉
But, not all Arabs are rich tho, just saying..
@@lilyevans4244well yes but its about how money speaks it can be anybody who is rich European, American or anyone just enjoy ✌️☺️
@@lilyevans4244 It's COMEDY! Arabs don't pronounce like that ANYWAY...lol
@@lilyevans4244most of them
I love how the shop keeper rolled with it and took the pronunciation as a challenge
Hilarious.... Salute to the writer, actors & director. 😂😂😂😂😂
My first day in the UK, a innocent uncle approached me because he recognized that we are from same country and asked very nervously that why the lady at the till told him that he has come to die ?
Turns out he told lady that it was his first day as well and lady just said "oh..you have come today"
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A taxi driver was driving an elderly man and his wife to the airport. The taxi driver asked the wife.you're virgin ?the wife blushed. The husband replied. No the last time I checked.
He meant are you going to the virgin terminal ?
Yeah
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Another true story. A lady I know (from North East England-won't name her) once walked into a supermarket and asked a member of staff if they had any ''bastard chicken''. After a few moments of confusion, the member of staff tentatively asked ''Do you mean basted chicken?'' ...Yup, in Geordie she just said it the way she'd read it.
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Huahahahahaha😂
If you did name her, you think she'd randomly read your comment?
@@BruceLeroyUK he didn’t even needed to mention that he wouldn’t name her, as it changes nothing about the story 😂
@@darkhseid yeah 🤣🤣🤣🤣
When speaking any of the Romance languages (French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian), I often have difficulty keeping track of the gender of nouns and often used the wrong articles. German is especially difficult because there are 3 genders and the articles change if the same noun is an object or subject in the sentence. When I was working in Tunisia (where very few people speak English), I was conversing in my broken French and trying to understand my co-workers who were speaking to me in a mix of French and Arabic. Because of my Chinese heritage, several co-workers asked if I was good at karate (which really is a Japanese form of martial arts) and whether I knew Bruce Lee (Bruce Lee films were very popular in the 1970s). Trying to be clever/witty, I replied: “Mais oui. Bruce Lee est ma cousine.” Everyone laughed, and at first I thought they were laughing at my joke. In fact, they were laughing at my poor French grammar. you see, “cousine” is feminine, and I should have said “mon cousin.” Finally, someone explained to me that perhaps I am Bruce Lee’s sister but Bruce Lee is not my (female) cousin.
You never know, maybe that ol' Bruce is transitioning 😁 anyway kudos for speaking so many languages !
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My mom once at a shoe store: Where are the sleepers?
The sales lady: ....sleepers?
Me: Slippers.
When I was in high school I got to take a trip to Europe. In particular to France and Germany. I was in the French language class at my school at the time.
When we were in Europe there was another tourist group along the same bridge I think in Germany walking alongside us.
It was a Japanese tourist group. We both kind of looked at each other and they said hello. And we said hi back. But we got over enthusiastic and we also said, “Hi! Are you from Japan? We’re from the US.” And then added, “We’re from Ohio…”
And suddenly the entire group of Japanese tourists said, “Ohhh…Ohayou!”
At the time we all were extremely confused. It was only afterwards that we realized that they thought we said good morning to them in Japanese-when we really just said we were from the state of Ohio. 😅
But it was hilarious after that. Because they were so happy, such a huge change in manner. They even jumped into our group photo our tour guide was taking of our group at the end of the bridge.
I’ll never forget that. 😄
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@@iwantabigpiece Pretty much. It was really funny because at first we were the outgoing ones-saying hi enthusiastically and they were more reserved.
But immediately after we said Ohio they were very enthusiastic-more than we were. And we were kind of taken aback.
I still have the photo on the bridge. It’s really funny because you can kind of see how we’re confused and a bit reserved and the Japanese group that literally jumped in our photo is very enthusiastic.
Shy Americans and bold Japanese-I find it funny how it flips the stereotype.
That's really great 👍 it's a fact that due to language barrier it becomes hard to start a conversation and know the different types of culture and have some good time and memories.
@@PushpendraKumar-bq4pb I’m glad we did all the same, it ended up being a wonderful memory I’ll never forget.
It maybe helped though because we were both clearly tourist groups. So kind of felt a connection immediately just from that.
But yeah, it was so funny. We were all young, just high school age at the time. We all lived in a fairly small neighborhood and basically knew our classmates on the trip from elementary school all the way through high school-we all went to the same school since elementary.
And basically the people who went on the trip from our school were all very different-like a Breakfast Club bunch.
A popular boy went, some nerds, etc. We all got along though.
But it was also amusing to me to see how everyone in our group reacted during the photobomb. 😂
Nah they just got exited because they just saw some ohio men
He was driving, and looking for a place to park,and finally got one.He asked a policeman: can I bark here ? And policeman answered: OK .but don't bite people.
Lol..🤣
That's funny
😂🤣
O god I'm dead😂😂
@@jai_hind101 don’t be
Como hispanohablante, ver esto fue un tremendo cague de risa, sobre todo porque me siento identificado con el árabe al tratar de pronunciar algo y que se entienda otra cosa.
Enserio, por qué el inglés tiene tantas palabras que suenan casi y a veces completamente igual pero significan cosas distintas??? xD
I had a hard time asking for milk on an international trip in the airplane lmfao
I pronounced it like "meeelk" and they couldnt get it cuz they pronounced it like "meeook"
And they finally understood after a lot of back and forth lmao they were very hospitable
It also feels very difficult to understand accents without subtitles irl so one time the shopkeeper had to repeat several times before i got it
None of them got frustrated and were patient with me lmao
One uncle kept coming to me with pieces of paper asking to make him coffee. It was Ramadan but he kept insisting. Eventually I got upset and said "Uncle its ramadan you can't have coffee!" With an annoyed face he looked at me and shouted "No, PHOTO COFFEE"
Lol
That uncle must be indonesian
@@blindspot9097 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I am Indonesian
@@nixonbach8130
I've had such a good laugh reading everyone's awkward/funny accounters.
Loo
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Worked at a Savers in the Donation Center. As we're closing up and elderly woman pulls up to the dock and tells me she has a "Box of Warm Feces" to donate. I tell her no, we won't take the box. She looks confused and told me again to take the box of "Warm Feces" again I tell her we're not interested in Feces. She says to me "You look. Very good. Very warm. Best quality feces" and opens the box....it was full of FLEECE blankets. I explained what she said and we both had a good laugh
You both laugh so hard that feces actually came out from both of ya
@@RIFLQ 😶
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Lmao, this is hilarious. Mmm, warm nice feces.
@@RIFLQ lmao
That chef's kiss in the end? Amazing
This video reminded me of teacher who kept talking about PILE in computer science class, I was confused the whole time, at last someone asked him what does he mean by PILE. He was angry and asked you don't know Pile, wrote it down on the writing board "File" and said P I L E , pile 😂😂😂😂, he could not pronounce F 😂😂😂😂
It's amazing how people understand each other better when there is money on the table. Money seems to be a universal language.
There was a sign at an Asian supermarket once announcing a sale on “Star Bellies.” My Chinese-American friend thought this was funny and pointed it out to her immigrant mum. The mum says, “That’s right, star bellies!” and points to the strawberries. It was an adorable moment, and from then on, I’ve always called strawberries star bellies, and it’s caught on among other people I know. So just remember: they’re star bellies from now on.
This is too cute😂
Along about 20 years or so my American colleague told me this story about a Japanese prof of English who was making a report at a language conference and said Great Bowel Shift instead of Great Vowel Shift. The other participants sat with straight faces trying hard not to laugh.
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It's a wonderful thing how MONEY is the best translator 😂😂😂
MONEY TALKS 😂
I’m Jamaican and when I go to other Caribbean islands I struggle with their accents… this was not racism, just life! Deal with it! ✊🏿✊🏿🇯🇲🇯🇲🙏🏾🙏🏾
I agree lol ❤ I’m arab
When I was in my early teens, our family made a stop to a Chinese Restaurant in Weiden, Germany. After choosing a few dish from the menu, the waiter who was kinda quiet exclaimed "You won Lingpee..." our little yet crowded family was happily surprised and asked the waiter what and where is this Lingpee that we've won...then he said "No no no, you won Lingpee...Lingpee!" Yes, thats great! where is it? "You want Lingpee? Lingpee?" Yes, yes we want! "You won Lingpee with that?" Pointing at a Fu Yung Hai dish (Thick egg omelette with crab meat) photo on the menu. Then uses his pen to a specific item on the photo. It was Green peas.
"You won Lingpee...? Yes?" Our family laughs and said Ok, lingpee we want...then he said,
"Sori, we lingpee finish...no lingpee for you"
classic
@@marshmelows i still dont get it
care to explain ?
@@rotua98 you = you / won = want / lingpee = green peas
You won lingpee = you want green peas
Funny language joke
@@marshmelows ouwh thanks, i guess it confuse me because i didnt know what grean peas is suppose to be
(i mean as "food", i just see it as ingredient)
I read that in the accent of that Chinese girl in the 1970s Mind Your Language series
Happened to me once when i was in Canada. I just returned after a two day shift. I was very tired and my aunt just came running towards me and said, " You know someone got bit by a snack ". Took me almost 20 seconds to register that she was talking about a snake.
Oh, those nasty, biting Canadian snacks 🤣
@@MrLeiduowen Canadian people are polite but not their snakes.
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@Free Sin Yes.
This reminds me of the cartoon Madeline. The Rajah wanted a snack, but the French chef misheard him, so he stole the snake from the snake charmer. Another was when Madeline wanted a peas with carrots but he thought she said bees with parrots.
Love the shopkeepers patience
English humour is Gods gift to earth 😭😩🤣
This is a great sketch.
I worked in Telesales and one guy used to ring every week to place an order.
He came from Parkistan but spoke with a thick Scottish broken accent.
I would guess his order, I must have got it right because he never complained.
Ah Memories!
Do you Mean Pakistan 😁😁
@@Muhammad_Waleed No, he meant the one with the parks. It's a different place.
@@huananina Oh!!
Thanks for Correcting me❤️
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@@huananina I think they took that for real..
Many years ago we received a fire call to the 'sheet factory'. We knew there was no sheet factory in the town, but there was a factory where they made shirts. We went there but there was no fire there. We called up HQ for information only to be told that the fire was in the sewage works. We never did find out where the caller was from, but his grasp of English was just brilliant!
Loooooooooolllll 😂
Sh*t factory!!
At least he didn't say shit factory
That make absolutely sensse to me
Your comment almost choked me 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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This is both hilarious and genius
That shut up , clear off was personal 😂😂😂
I can understand and relate to the struggle. Vowels in English are sensitive and can change the meaning of words when they are not used correctly.
I remember when I moved to Mississippi in 2013. I went with a Saudi friend to McDonald's that is located in an African American town. He wanted some chicken nuggets and when it was time to order he told the lady that he wants chicken nigga. People there started laughing and knew it was an innocent mistake. As we were leaving they told us y'all have a good day and comeback and see us for more chicken nigga
Accidently on purpose? 😉😂
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@@juangringo3906 lmao fr
Hahaha! :)
Nice that they took it nicely
I can recall my Hungarian physics teacher trying to explain an equation to me, telling me to use the roe value. I kept insisting there was no roe value, until after several minutes I realised he meant the raw value!
He's actually one of the best teachers I've had. His accent just made the lessons more interesting.
My precalculus teacher was telling us about using a berryberry. Finally realized he was saying derivative.
Had a romainian bio teacher that used to call feces "faces". It was very confusing.
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🤣🤣🤣 sheeeesh I was challenging myself to find the words 🤣🤣 very funny clip!
My sister had to buy ‘bloem’ (dutch for flowers and flour) for a cake and came back home with flowers. We were first generation Moroccans in Holland.
This is hilarious. But it explains the world pretty nice. If we'd try to understand each other things would work much better...
@@Fortevn well, this is a nice sarcasm 😊.
But you can twist it to the positive. I like the idea to see a benefit in trying to understand each others needs and handle with weaknesses. Everybody wants to be treated like a person of dignity and worth. Don't you?
True Fax
Indeed
English is not my first language. But I live in a country where English is spoken. And I socialize with many whom English is not first language either. But its much more fun try to understand what they mean. It makes the conversation and their presence so much more delight.
@@Dreamformeable say it
4:09 he correctly pronounces mousse, however at the beginning, he was pronouncing it like "mouse", so somehow he learnt a bit from today's shopping.
"shut up clear off" 😂😂
I fell off my chair hahaha
Lmaoooo I loved this
"Sod her."
"Yeah, that's what I say."
HAHAHAH 🤣
In India we have a O.R.S . Powder brand named Electral , but customers asks for electronic powder , electric powder etc 😂
😁😁😁😁😁
😂😂😂
Now you have pointed. It is hilarious.
Lmfao ikr 🤣😭😂💀
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That mister is so kind, I feel kind too
😅💦💦😂😂🤣🤣 That mouse and mousse was relatable. The rest was something else lmao.
When I first went to America, I wasn't sure how to pronounce mousse.
I work in advertising in Russia, and we sometimes encounter clients with Indian top managers. Doesn't happen often - but there's been a couple of situations. So during meetings you have my Russian coworkers with their Runglish, the Indian client with their Indian English - and me with my regular English doing most of the talking and listening because my colleagues have no idea what the client is saying and are too nervous to say something themselves, occasionally messaging me with questions and comments in the group chat 😄
What is "regular" English?
Does not exist. Each region has its version.
Typical AA attitude! Never been out of their pond, so they think there's no world outside it. Hehe! 😅
@dejuren Thanks for the laugh! One of many stupidest things to hear - it's so funny when you make fun of yourself without knowing it and thinking you're actually mocking others when they are in fact, pitying you, but just because of being cultured, don't show it. Did you understand anything at all from that, dummy?
@@yashaswineegore2560 What does AA stand for in this context?
@@dejuren1367 no they have to wear a hospital sign with some nails
@@dejuren1367that's red dot sucks 🤣🤣🤣, only hindicks put red dots
By the end even I could understand he wanted Marmalade. 🤣🤣
Lmfao marmalade on the toast
Me too.
What is Marmalade??
@@ShanAli-sq4rsjam
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I just love classic Brit dead-pan skits.
I remember when my English primary teacher told us the story where she went on vacation and tried to order a pineapple smoothie. She actually forgot the word pineapple and instead said the German word "Ananas”, which translates to “pineapple”. The waiter was so confused and she kept repeating the sentence “I want ananas” and even tried to alter the pronunciation to make the word “Ananas” sound like a legit English word. But she ended up saying “I want an anus” and everyone broke out in laughter lol.
Didn't know if "Ananas" means pineapple.
Here we called it Nanas (Indonesian)
Huh! 🤔 it’s pretty close to the word “anaras” which in Hindi means Pineapple.
Alter the last “a” to “o”, as in “anaros” and it’ll still mean the same Pineapple but in Assamese.
@@buckmeiam5690 wow that’s kind of cool 😂
@@SemiPro_Nub so similar!
@@buckmeiam5690 ..naná like the original guaraní word.. in spanish is piña.. because it looks like a pine cone or piña..
My dad is Serbian and went to the chemist for his medication and asked for the recipe over and over - the woman was just confused and said she can't give him the recipe - he burst out laughing and said "I'm so sorry I mean receipt!"
When I was in Wales I was asked if I liked Korean chips. I said I didn't know what they were, which caused some confusion, as they couldn't understand how I hadn't heard of curry and chips.
Wow, this is a piece of art...
Lol I understand how each country has such unique wordings for certain English words. I’m from Sri Lanka and some people from my country, including my own family use the word “comfort” for Fabric Softener😂
Because we’re so used to seeing the brand name and calling it just like that. So we say-
“Did you forget to pour comfort for today’s laundry?”
Some people won’t even know if you say fabric softener. Just say comfort and they’ll get you immediately!
yeah just like my mom used the brand name surf as washing powder, Wheel for washing soap and tortoise for mosquito coil.
And don't forget sunlight
@@jemajoy8839 oh yes definitely that too😂
I think that's like saying Hoover for vacuum cleaner in the UK, took me years to realise that was just the brand of the most popular one and some countries don't get it when you say Hoover
Its like ‘Maggie’ for noddles in some part of India
Excellent British comedy. It is evergreen. Still laughing after have watched years ago
yeah british comedy is to bring a guy wearing arab suit and speaks indian accent ... I bet they cant say a word in arabic
@@tahaemad5809 he’s just recounting the memories..
@@risewithtilla I see people are recounting their memories about a racist meme proudly these days...and i didnt talk about him i talked about the * british comedy *
@@tahaemad5809 ohhh alright alright
@@tahaemad5809 A foreigner not being able to pronounce your language is funny and always will be. The fact they are british and speak "indian" accent doesn't have anything to do with the joke.
This was the longest 4 mins ever😂😂😂😂😂 the shop keeper is a very wise man😂😂😂 he understood the language of money. I swear British humour is the best, I don't know why but it is!
The fact that he just surrendered to the money 😂
One I know from a friend who is was in the Gurkha's; when they relocated from Hong Kong to Kent mid 90s one of the soilders went into a local fish and chip shop and said to the owner " Do you know me ?" to which the F&C owner " yes I know you, what do you want?" the young Gurkha asked again " No, Do you know me?" which again he recived the same response and the two went back and forth until the F&C owner snaped " Yes I bloody know you ! What do you want ?!", the young Gurkha was suprised at the response and left a bit shocked!
You see *mei* is a type of noodle popular in Asia he was asking the owner " Do you know *mei* ?
As in do you serve noodles?
Wow, suprised that the gurkha's guys didn't beat the owner for shouting at him.
It reminds of a scene from the movie rush hour
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