This is a question many of you make: "why do I have to learn a foreign language?" Here's an answer and a good possible reason... Watch the video. Tapescript below it.
Video:
Tapescript:
A German coast-guard on his first day at work:
(after the German introduction by senior coast-guard officer)
Man on the radio, from a ship: "Mayday! Mayday! Hello, can you hear us? Can you hear us? Can you... over. We are sinking. We... are... sinking".
German coastguard officer (with strong German accent): "Hello. This is a German coastguard".
Man on the radio (speaking nervously): "We are sinking. We're sinking..."
German coastguard officer: "What are you sinking* about?"
[*The German coastguard pronounces THINKING as SINKING, so he also understands SINKING for THINKING. Think=pensar/Sink=Hundirse]
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