Ok, so this is possibly my favorite language barrier confusion yet, because of the situation in which it came up.
Yesterday after class I was hanging around in the Foyer at ISEP waiting for a dance class to start and talking to this guy I'd met over the weekend. He was very proud to point out to me on the board where all of the student activities were posted that he was the student body Vice-President and the President of the "FISH Club".
He was less proud when a friend of his came over to explain to me what the "FISH Club" was.
What is it?
Here's a hint: "Fish" isn't a word in French. They got the name of the club by translating (directly) from French into English.
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FISH -- Friends In Social Habitats.
I have no idea...what's the french word for fish, and why would they translate directly into English?
Fish is "poisson" but I'm not sure that term is the right term in French either...basically whoever came up with the club name wanted to sound cool so they put it in English without realizing that their translation was silly.
wait, so the club is "poisson" club, but they decided to translate it to FISH club?
so i'm guessing they go fishing on weekend?
It's the pêcher l'attrait (fishing lure) club, and they're trying to get dates :-)
Yup! Except they mistranslated fishing as fish...
Their poster advertises that the officers (such as the gentleman I was speaking too) are well-versed in the art of talking to the opposite gender and eager to pass on their knowlege.
Haha! That is sooo great.
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