1. First day at the Goethe Institute - Spending 5 minutes at a German class and pretending to fit in before having the courage to ask the teacher - Er....Is this level A1? (It was C2 - the native speaker level)
2. Asking a female colleague - Can I "du" you? (du = तू vs Sie = आप)
3. Asking my Professor why there was a "Nazis Stoppen" banner in the lobby of the University and who exactly needed to be stopped.
4. A taxi driver mistaking me for a mugger when I tried to enter through the wrong side
5. Trying to keep a straight face and answer if I bathe in the Ganges
6. Ok, this was priceless - Watching 2 Chinese girls walk up to me and an Asian friend and frantically asking him for directions in Chinese before he had a chance to say "Excuse me, I'm Korean!"
7. Opening a sparkling wine bottle for the first time on my birthday in our research group meeting and making a dent on the roof
8. Not knowing that a train ticket has to be validated and getting caught by the ticket checker
9. Hearing a Punjabi number in a cafe right in the heart of Berlin (there's a video!)
PS - Why doesnt anyone comment on my blog? For starters, how about picking your favourite from this list ;)
3 comments:
That is EXACTLY how I felt sitting on that round table with 6 Avatars around me...even thought about asking for a refund at the reception! The teacher actually came to check on me in my class a few minutes later to see if I found the correct one...which of course meant that my "new" class also got to hear the joke!
My favorites - 1,2,5,6,7!!
Hahaha! Your priceless blunders!
Keep Posting!!
My favorites are number 4,5. Bathe in the Ganges? I can picture you trying to hold back your laughter and give them a convincing answer.
Tell them you bathe in the Kshipra.
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