Monet, Monet, Monet
Several years back my girlfriend and I were staying with a very gentle French couple in Toulouse. Over dinner, as our hosts were suggesting places to visit around the city, I thought they were suggesting a visit to a ³¾³Ü²õé±ð with an excellent collection de Monet. Being an art friend, I went on for a minute or two about Monet's control of colour and control of subject, especially with water subjects, yadda yadda yadda. Everyone, girlfriend included, looked at me as if I was crazy. After several stunned moments, my hostess graciously informed that that they were referring to a collection de monnaie - a currency museum, not a Monet collection. My French is a lot better now, but the memory still haunts me.
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It was Christmas and only my second visit to my then fiancee's family and I was about to ask my fiancee's father for his daughter's hand in marriage (well rehearsed). There were oysters and I tried one for the first time. I wanted to say that I didn't like them very much and they tasted like the sea (La Mare) but I said Sa instead of La changing the meaning completely to they taste like your mother! He forgave me after he stopped laughing and later agreed to let us wed!
I stayed with a family in a Parisian suburb this past summer. I thought they had said "We will mock you" (moquer). Apparently, they said, "We will MISS you" (manquer)!
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