how funny to learn foreign language

@Dorislee (209)
China
April 6, 2008 10:30am CST
I ever tried to learn foreign languages, I have two different country friends, one is an Indonesia people, another is India person, they ever taught me their country language, all started from very commom (they think commom) conversation, but here is one sentence they pronounced nearly the same----" de li ma ga si", this sentence to Indonesia is a very kind expression= thanks; while to India is very rude approximate equal to curse somebody (that word mylot prohibit here, so use 'curse'). So funny and so confused, different country's culture showed us so unique and interesting. Have you experience ever learning another language and found funny things?
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@diansinta (7544)
• Indonesia
7 Apr 08
Woo!! that is so cute Dorislee !!! Thank you for learning Bahasa Indonesia. As an Indonesia, I am happy to hear that. I'll say "te ri ma ka sih"(thank you) For that.
@Dorislee (209)
• China
7 Apr 08
hehe...thanks for support my topic, yeah, it's really funny. While in fact ,I should correct that India people pronounce like this "de li ma ga.."
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
6 Apr 08
I suppose I have, although I can't rightly recall anything at the moment. I've taught myself various different languages, or atleast individual words and segments pertaining to a given subject.