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I want to become a steak (English/German)

The famous "false friends" story in Germany is about a woman who goes to a restaurant and tells the waiter "I would like to become a steak." For the Germans, bekommen, to receive, sounds like it should be related to the English word become.

Sent by: Jessica

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Olya, Russia 2011-05-01

Oh, it's my usual problem. German is my second foreign language, so I surprise Germans by saying: "Wenn ich 5 Jahre alt war, wollte ich eine Dolmetscherin bekommen"

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Daniel, Wegberg/Germany 2010-05-30

Such a true one though! I'm working as an Au-Pair in Germany at the moment (I'm from Florida), and one the kids asked me about my language course. "Do you become homework?" After I stopped laughing I explained to him that become means werden.

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Daniel, Wegberg/Germany 2010-05-30

Such a true one though! I'm working as an Au-Pair in Germany at the moment (I'm from Florida), and one the kids asked me about my language course. "Do you become homework?" After I stopped laughing I explained to him that become means werden.

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