[OT] Re: Bartosz about Chapel

[Simen Kjærås]

On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:33:10 +0100, Daniel Gibson <metalcaedes at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> Am 11.11.2011 20:50, schrieb Walter Bright:
>> On 11/11/2011 11:23 AM, Ali Çehreli wrote:
>>> Sadly though, something similar happened before: Husband kills her
>>> separated
>>> wife after misunderstanding her text message (or something like that).
>>> Although
>>> I can't find a link to the news story now.
>>
>> Reminds me of a bit in one of those old WW2 documentaries. A british
>> soldier was taught a bit of german. One day, he comes up on a german
>> occupied pillbox and orders:
>>
>> Raus! Oder ich shiessen (Come out, or I'll shoot!)
>>
>> He was mystified by the sounds of laughter coming from the pillbox.
>> Eventually, the germans did come out and surrender, and they told him
>> he'd actually said:
>>
>> Raus! Oder ich sheissen (Come out, or I'll shit!)
>
> Actually English speaking people tend to confuse "ei" and "ie" all the  
> time, like in "Weiner" (supposed to be "Wiener"), Scheiße/Schieße etc

Not to mention Deimos/Diemos, which popped up here a short while ago. :p