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Originally Posted by dreams
This results in some unusual situations. In an Italian cafe one time, no one spoke English so I tried to ask for a Café mocha (addicted to Starbucks at the time).
I tried to clarify by speaking Spanish (he told me he understood Spanish) and thought we understood each other. The result was a large cup/bowl of warm espresso chocolate pudding! Of course, I had to drink/eat it as they were all so happy to have made it for me... (well, either that or they were all smiling because they put one over on an "American" for a good chunk of money  |
hee. that reminds me of a story an italian friend of mine told me about german tourists in italian cafés. they go for a nice cool drink, because it's summer in italy and they're half dead from heatstroke, and the waiter asks them "caldo o freddo ?" and the germans enthusiastically say "caldo, caldo !!" because in german, "calt" means "cold". then the waiter brings them a nice cup of piping hot chocolate or tea or something and doesn't understand when they're upset, because in italian, "caldo" means hot.