These are sentences that were written in different tests/exams by some students of the school I went to (not elementary school).
They tried to translate using an English/French dictionary. They didn't seem to know how it works though.
I want you to try to figure out what a sentence is suposed to mean.
Here's an easy one :
She east a school.
If you know french well, wait a bit before giving the answer.
Or try this one that nobody managed to understand in my class until our teacher told us:
She death walnut.
SamanthaMcPoopenstein
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Posted:
Jan 19 2007 12:19 pm
DEATH WALNUT!!!
I don't know any french, so sorry I can't figure out the translations, but if you want more amusing language mishaps you should check out the ever-classic engrish.com!
Tishwitch
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Posted:
Jan 19 2007 02:05 pm
She death walnut = she died by drowning
DarkMaze
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Posted:
Jan 19 2007 02:57 pm
Tishwitch wrote:
She death walnut = she died by drowning
Interesting. What happened in that translation, exactly?
And Sam, that pic is hilarious!
Valdronius
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Posted:
Jan 19 2007 03:21 pm
In French, 'To drown' is noyer, which also means walnut.
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DarkMaze
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Posted:
Jan 19 2007 03:35 pm
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Jan 19 2007 03:53 pm
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