One of my favorites: syntax (english) -> sintaxis (spanish) -> sin taxis (english) I think most of these are occasionally amusing but not problematic. I've bee

One of my favorites: syntax (english) -> sintaxis (spanish) -> sin taxis (english) I think most of these are occasionally amusing but not problematic. I've been living in Miami and I find that different words in different languages sharing the same spelling are as irrelevant as word meanings changing by adding only one letter. If I were to reply when someone said "Do you like my hat?" with "Hmm, I dunno, if I add an e to that it will spell 'hate'", that would be ridiculous and annoying. Similar with interpreting one language as another.