An example of what I mean:

I, in China, told an English speaking Chinese friend I needed to stop off in the bathroom to “take a shit.”

He looked appalled and after I asked why he had that look, he asked what I was going to do with someone’s shit.

I had not laughed so hard in a while, and it totally makes sense.

I explained it was an expression for pooping, and he comes back with, “wouldn’t that be giving a shit?”

I then got to explain that to give a shit means you care and I realized how fucked some of our expressions are.

What misunderstandings made you laugh?

  • ilinamorato@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    On smartphones you can tap and hold, and on physical keyboards there’s usually an alt key combo you can put in.

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      13 days ago

      on physical keyboards there’s usually an alt key combo you can put in.

      they’re disabled and the last time i needed it was years ago; i also didn’t turn it back on to use it back then as well. lol

      even on my phone; it’s more convenient to just switch languages than find that character. jeje