Fancy pizza
I was learning Hebrew for a month, and one of the first times I tried to say something, I ordered a pizza with mitriyot umbrellas, instead of pitriyot, mushrooms. I made everybody laugh, but I got my pizza with mushrooms.
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In Israel we are very tolerant to those who do not speak Hebrew, we have a lot of new imigrants and a mix of all cultures.
Therfore no one has to be embarrassed by making a mistake.
An American friend of mine, visiting Israel for his Orthodox rabbi's wedding, approached the carvery table to get his piece of turkey. As the caterer started to serve him a generous portion of dark meat, he said, 'No, I would like basar lavan, the white meat', not knowing that basar lavan is 'ham' in Hebrew.
I think that mushrooms do look a bit like umbrellas.
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