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Showcasing the brazen and nouveau in English communication.

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[–] ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

I didn’t know the word rotisserie in English (I guess French?) so I once called it “rotating chicken closet; roadside open-flame oven”

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 3 points 11 hours ago

Just yesterday I forgot the word for coaster so I said "small bed for my cup." English is my first language.