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Say What?: Language Misadventures
SAY WHAT?
Most of us have an extraordinary gift for saying the wrong thing - a slip-up, faux pas, gaffe or other innocent mistake - especially when speaking in a different language, region or dialect. Greg Whelan presents this unique and unprecedented collection of real-life intercultural blunders, from all over the globe.
Whelan explores these unintentional miscommunications from the humorous perspective of “the truth is funnier than fiction.” He shows that, while not meaning to project ourselves as insensitive, unintelligent, crude, perverted or even
racist, the words that come out of our mouths in foreign lands or tongues often land us in the most awkward and embarrassing of situations.A light and amusing read for language enthusiasts everywhere, and anyone who likes to laugh!
"It's the bedside 'Tower of Babel' -- a few giggles as you sit on the plane, soak in the bath, or drift off to sleep - proving
that one man's food is another man's dirty word."
-- Andy Jones, actor/comedian
"Greg's stories are witty tidbits for wordplay enthusiasts. Perfect for moments of lighthearted diversion!"
-- Berni Stapleton, playwright/author
Most of us have an extraordinary gift for saying the wrong thing - a slip-up, faux pas, gaffe or other innocent mistake - especially when speaking in a different language, region or dialect. Greg Whelan presents this unique and unprecedented collection of real-life intercultural blunders, from all over the globe.
Whelan explores these unintentional miscommunications from the humorous perspective of “the truth is funnier than fiction.” He shows that, while not meaning to project ourselves as insensitive, unintelligent, crude, perverted or even
racist, the words that come out of our mouths in foreign lands or tongues often land us in the most awkward and embarrassing of situations.A light and amusing read for language enthusiasts everywhere, and anyone who likes to laugh!
"It's the bedside 'Tower of Babel' -- a few giggles as you sit on the plane, soak in the bath, or drift off to sleep - proving
that one man's food is another man's dirty word."
-- Andy Jones, actor/comedian
"Greg's stories are witty tidbits for wordplay enthusiasts. Perfect for moments of lighthearted diversion!"
-- Berni Stapleton, playwright/author
142 pages, Paperback
Published June 15, 2024
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December 29, 2025
This book is clever and hilarious!! I laughed out loud several times!
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