tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post5819831022869188701..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Five Forms of Howler - Michelle LovricUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-57290365321537984202010-07-11T21:35:32.854+01:002010-07-11T21:35:32.854+01:00When my then 8-year-old son was asked what he want...When my then 8-year-old son was asked what he wanted for dinner one evening he asked for fish gateaux. Or rather, he asked for it in Swedish, having translated fish cake fairly literally. I almost gagged at the thought of this gateaux.<br /><br />Michelle, you and I must have the same notes on amusing howlers. I still laugh at them, with tears running. (Where to, I'm not sure.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-38901288942522856852010-07-11T10:21:03.880+01:002010-07-11T10:21:03.880+01:00This is fantastic, even if completely irrelevant ;...This is fantastic, even if completely irrelevant ;-) I have a couple of spoken ones from tour guides. <br /><br />In Albania I was told repeatedly that the Albanian children have 'physical tampering' every day. No, not child abuse - 'tempering', ie PE.<br /><br />In Mongolia, I was told dangerous snakes are all very short. I spent two weeks poking every long snake I could find. Then I discovered the guide had meant 'in short supply', or scarce. Lucky they were scarce or I might have poked one.Stroppy Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16560035800075465845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-57043490221244508382010-07-10T23:05:28.467+01:002010-07-10T23:05:28.467+01:00Even The Guardian(?) last week had a church with a...Even The Guardian(?) last week had a church with a knave.Jeff Cottonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08344412161886028201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-30857274409290288952010-07-10T13:57:29.211+01:002010-07-10T13:57:29.211+01:00So, So , so funny - thanks for the laugh.. I love ...So, So , so funny - thanks for the laugh.. I love 'wrong words'!<br />Written on a sun-cream bottle in Greece, I read:"for sensible skin" - and wasn't sure it was for me... and<br />printed on some napkins in a Greek restaurant were the words:<br />"Welk come" which I wasn't sure was a local delicacy or a greeting!Debs Ricciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10837598374947020855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-68454907557555363072010-07-10T07:56:02.156+01:002010-07-10T07:56:02.156+01:00My cat wouldn't touch Moustache either, Jan. I...My cat wouldn't touch Moustache either, Jan. It is only 29 centesimi a sachet. She won't eat anything that's less that 75. <br /><br />Another one I forgot to put in ... a Venetian restaurant that has recently Babel-Fished its menu:<br />Plate of Affected Mix. <br /><br />Affettati are cured meats like ham, but the word is in the form of the plural past participle -'cured'. You can just see where it all went wrong.<br /><br />There are at least two hotels that describe their view as 'deep-breathing' because 'mozzafiato' (breathtaking)has defeated their translation tool.<br /><br />Kath, I'd stick to the vegetarian menu next tiem you are in India.michelle lovrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01026972300195225090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-60554299300700846662010-07-10T06:06:20.802+01:002010-07-10T06:06:20.802+01:00Those are too funny. Menus are particularly funny....Those are too funny. Menus are particularly funny. In a Turkish resort town, one restaurant was serving 'women's dimension balls' - basically very fatty meatballs and it was explained to me that after consuming them your dimensions will change i.e., your hips will get bigger<br />;-) <br /><br />I'd serve my cats mustache food ... not!Jan Markleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317561950719847803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-23799647040825833242010-07-09T17:52:15.539+01:002010-07-09T17:52:15.539+01:00In a restaurant near Delphi we found some interest...In a restaurant near Delphi we found some interesting items on the menu, including 'goat soup' (which it probably was) , 'grilled intestines' and 'entrails on a stick'.Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-37494430315865347472010-07-09T15:00:12.649+01:002010-07-09T15:00:12.649+01:00someone visiting our local church admired the '...someone visiting our local church admired the 'rude screen'frances thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12717833251829537628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-11906605854587623512010-07-09T14:57:17.403+01:002010-07-09T14:57:17.403+01:00I love this sort of thing. My favourite is the chi...I love this sort of thing. My favourite is the child-eating bulldog. I must try that Babel Fish trick. Thanks for sharing it with us.Rosalind Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05363027308436257933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-61020160475481156292010-07-09T14:20:49.156+01:002010-07-09T14:20:49.156+01:00The Solomon comment reminded me of the little girl...The Solomon comment reminded me of the little girl who composed a valentine:<br /><br />"If you will be my valentine, I will will be your concubine." <br /><br />She didn't know what concubine meant, but figured if it was in the Bible it must be something good.<br /><br />:=)steeleweedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02077739629921574784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-12396140693731576652010-07-09T13:22:19.704+01:002010-07-09T13:22:19.704+01:00Re the porcupines, perhaps King Solomon liked a sp...Re the porcupines, perhaps King Solomon liked a spiny bed, being a bit of a fakir,by all accounts?michelle lovrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01026972300195225090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-56864934543394451462010-07-09T11:01:30.901+01:002010-07-09T11:01:30.901+01:00I love the 700 porcupines! It must have given Solo...I love the 700 porcupines! It must have given Solomon some memorable nights.<br /><br />Brilliant, Michele!Mary Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-90393894665677005182010-07-09T10:25:31.803+01:002010-07-09T10:25:31.803+01:00Brilliant, Michelle! The one about the Polish trou...Brilliant, Michelle! The one about the Polish trout will have me chuckling on my deathbed.Cathy Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03838615971611193743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-8268513371397420502010-07-09T08:07:03.558+01:002010-07-09T08:07:03.558+01:00True one - a child from a local school told her gr...True one - a child from a local school told her grandmother that they had a visit from the "Arch-biscuit".catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.com