What misunderstandings have you experienced in communicating with foreigners?

Because our birth background, surrounding environment, politics, economy, culture and society are different from those of crooked nuts, "small misunderstandings" are very easy to happen. What misunderstandings have you had in your communication with foreigners?

Have you eaten anything? No. So you didn't eat anything? Yes This is a conversation between me and my foreign roommate. After that, he was puzzled.

Many foreign friends are confused by children in China. Come, translate it yourself first. Do you think it is: "Have you eaten? No. So you didn't eat anything? Yes. " Actually the latter answer is wrong. If you ask me that.

You didn't eat anything? When you want to say "yes, I didn't eat", you have to say no and say "no, I didn't eat".

Antisense question, go back and open the junior high school textbook and check it yourself! )

Another time, in order to show this roommate the importance and greatness of Chinese-foreign friendship, I gave myself a foreign name called Tom. Hearing this, he looked at me with a surprised face. After we got to know each other, he told me that calling Tom in a foreign country is just like giving yourself a China name called Huluwa. Nima, isn't this the name that foreigners often say in English textbooks? By the way, there is a stupid cat named Tom in foreign cartoons.

When I went to America, I ordered iced coffee at Starbucks and wanted a straw. I asked loudly, Can I have a pipe? The waiter paused and then said, "Aren't you in the Netherlands ... Because the big glass tube used for smoking marijuana is called a pipe, and marijuana is legal in the Netherlands, many places selling marijuana are called coffee shops." God, why? I've studied English for so many years, and that's all I got? I think I can pass the English exam four times.

Okay, I admit it's me, okay? When I was learning English, I learned that everything was disgusting and I dreamed in English at night. What about now? English has been returned to the teacher. Which of the classic English sentences from your school days do you remember?