Originally Posted by peachfront
When I am forced to try to get my point across in another
language, I am not able to use colloquialisms or slang.
Though in my thesis examination over thirty years ago, I offended a rather
proper professor by referring to Tristan as "une sorte de poire." This
examination in a language I hadn't even heard spoken in four years
(one of many unlikely but true aspects of my life).