Hello Good-bye
My grandpa once walked into a bar in France and exclaimed au revoir. Realising his mistake he quickly walked out again before turning bright red. My family has never let him live it down.
Sent by: Michael
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Kristen,
Newmarket, UK
2009-10-26
To say hello, it's "bonjour." To say "have a good day", it's "bonne journée". Needless to say, I pranced around Paris using bonjour like aloha, and got many snickers until a shopkeeper finally told me my mistake!
Abigail,
London
2009-07-09
That's really funny. I can actually picture myself doing that.
I've done worse: I've said, "Bonsoir!" (Good evening) to someone at 10am. They must've thought I'd had a great night!
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