So what's your hobby?
On a skiing holiday in France with my French friend we got to know two attractive French ladies and we arranged a dinner together that evening. The problem was they spoke only French, so I had to impress my lady friends with my rusty O-level French. In French I grandiosely declared what I thought meant 'I loved skiing': J'aime chier. Which caused them all to laugh a lot - especially our lady friends!I found out that what I said meant something like 'I love going to the toilet for a No. 2'! Very embarrassing! Needless to saywe didn't hit off with our lady friends. At least the wine was good. P.S. to the editor: how do you say 'I love skiing' (and pronounce it correctly)?
Editor's note: To impress the ladies you should have said: J'aime faire du ski, pronouncing the k in ski. It's a loan word from the Norwegian language where it's pronounced like 'she' - which sounds very much like a completely different word in French ...
Sent by: Kristen
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Or even J'aime skier, but be sure to pronounce that k (skee-ay)!
Think of the word Ska (remember the band The Specials), that's the way to pronounce the SK is ski. The ending is pronounced ee as in knee.
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