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My favorite example, which was an honest translation error from a non-native speaker friend: Hand job (he meant to say manual labor)
by cshimmin 1y ago
My favorite example, which was an honest translation error from a non-native speaker friend: Hand job (he meant to say manual labor)
- lubujackson 1y agoHeard from a non-native speaker watching a missed basket in a basketball game: "Another rim job!"
- zahlman 1y agoSomething similar once famously happened with a Japanese vtuber: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeQ5K5DQiDI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeQ5K5DQiDI
- emmelaich 1y agoTo save everyone a click .. it was 'handjob' for 'handwriting'
- keepamovin 1y agoI think in Chinese this is literal for hand made (手工) - the gong 2nd character can also mean work or job I think - but the sex term of art I guess is different there. Haha
- tclancy 1y agoThere’s a joke in The Jerk that uses this same intentional misunderstanding.
- nojonestownpls 1y agoI've also heard people jokingly call manicures handjobs.