Comments on: Babelcom’s First Contest http://www.babelcom.com/blog/2009/03/babelcoms-first-contest/ Welcome to Babelcom's Blog Wed, 28 Mar 2012 07:20:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: babel http://www.babelcom.com/blog/2009/03/babelcoms-first-contest/comment-page-1/#comment-13 babel Fri, 20 Mar 2009 06:49:05 +0000 http://www.babelcom.com/blog/?p=241#comment-13 Nice stories, both of you! Nice stories, both of you!

]]> By: Marta C. http://www.babelcom.com/blog/2009/03/babelcoms-first-contest/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Marta C. Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:23:26 +0000 http://www.babelcom.com/blog/?p=241#comment-12 Ufffff.. some time ago before I start with Babelcom my husband and I went to Oxford to visit our daughter who has a boyfriend from there. We made a visit to the parents of her boyfriend and they invited us for a dinner. When we left I remembered my handy English phrases from my pocket Espasa guidebook and said "Thank you for your hostility.". Of course I mean to say "hospitality". My embarrassed daughter told me later of my mistake. Thanks god they were a nice and charming couple! Now I am happy my English is much better and I am not so "hostile" anymore. Ufffff.. some time ago before I start with Babelcom my husband and I went to Oxford to visit our daughter who has a boyfriend from there. We made a visit to the parents of her boyfriend and they invited us for a dinner. When we left I remembered my handy English phrases from my pocket Espasa guidebook and said “Thank you for your hostility.”. Of course I mean to say “hospitality”. My embarrassed daughter told me later of my mistake. Thanks god they were a nice and charming couple! Now I am happy my English is much better and I am not so “hostile” anymore.

]]> By: eric http://www.babelcom.com/blog/2009/03/babelcoms-first-contest/comment-page-1/#comment-11 eric Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:02:20 +0000 http://www.babelcom.com/blog/?p=241#comment-11 Hello Babelcom, 20 years ago in a pizza restaurant downtown London, a waitress served me a cold pizza. With my best English, I asked her (intenting to have the pizza warmed-up): Could you please eat it ? She was stunned ... especially since she didn't realize that for me HEAT and EAT had the same pronounciation ! She ignored me of course and rather ashamed and disappointed I finished my cold pizza. Eric Hello Babelcom,

20 years ago in a pizza restaurant downtown London, a waitress served me a cold pizza.

With my best English, I asked her (intenting to have the pizza warmed-up):

Could you please eat it ?

She was stunned … especially since she didn’t realize that for me HEAT and EAT had the same pronounciation !

She ignored me of course and rather ashamed and disappointed I finished my cold pizza.

Eric

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