False Friends

[krait]

(In response to a thread about favourite 'false friends' in language)

I'm never going to be over the weird pile of humourous potential that is poisson | poison | das Gift | a gift.



(Edit: now with the entry date fixed!)

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[ride_4ever]

When I was in Canada for the RCW 139 due South con, a fangirl from Europe who meant to say "where can I buy poutine" said "where can I buy putain". (Good thing she said that amidst fen and not out on the street to some passerby.)

[krait]

Mwahaha, OOPS. What a slip!