Our contest – winner for sending in the first story

It looks like our first contest has got off to a fine start. In case you didn’t catch it last time, to participate in the contest you need to share on the blog an embarrassing or funny story about a misunderstanding in English. We already have some fantastic entries, and Eric, for being the first person to send a story, has won 4 Telephone Coaching sessions. We liked his story so much we thought we’d share it here in this month’s newsletter:

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

With my best English, I asked her (intending 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 pronunciation!

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

Hopefully this will inspire you to send your own story in. Remember, the best story will receive a 6-month subscription to The English Works Club – and the contest ends May 31st, so hurry up!