719

submitted 9 months ago by robocall@lemmy.world to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

46 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] lenathaw@lemmy.ml 207 points 9 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Reminds me of a story a friend told me when I was traveling through South America.

My friend was walking home late at night and a guy from another country (forgot which, but it was obvious from his accent) asked him for money. This exchange of course happened in Spanish:

"I have an iron" "what does iron means in your country?" "by iron I mean knife" and pulls out a knife "oh, because here iron means this" and pulls out a gun.

Then the robber just ran away.

[-] Gingernate@programming.dev 8 points 9 months ago

Brazil

[-] idiomaddict@feddit.de 51 points 9 months ago

Spanish

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 33 points 9 months ago

You mean all of South America ISN'T Brazil and Portuguese ISN'T Spanish?? 😱

[-] Gingernate@programming.dev 21 points 9 months ago

Damn I missed that haha

load more comments (3 replies)

this post was submitted on 24 Mar 2024

719 points (99.2% liked)

Greentext

4673 readers

2591 users here now

This is a place to share greentexts and witness the confounding life of Anon. If you're new to the Greentext community, think of it as a sort of zoo with Anon as the main attraction.

Be warned:

Anon is often crazy.
Anon is often depressed.
Anon frequently shares thoughts that are immature, offensive, or incomprehensible.

If you find yourself getting angry (or god forbid, agreeing) with something Anon has said, you might be doing it wrong.

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works