German Woman Confused By American Man’s Use Of The Word F***, She Thought He Meant It In a Dirty Way

The word can be used in a lot of contexts which can be confusing for English learners.

Ayoub

• Published in Funny
• December 21, 2021

Learning a new language is one of the best things anyone could ever do, it opens an endless amount of doors and opportunities for you and it can be quite fun in general. Encountering challenging aspects of a language is something that every learner should expect since each language will often have unique characteristics about it that you won’t find anywhere else.

The English language seems easy at first glance, but it can also get quite confusing and challenging for people who aren’t native speakers. For instance, the f-word can be used in so many different situations and can have an entirely different meaning each time.

This Reddit user posted his story on the r/TIFU Subreddit (which stands for “Today I F-ed Up”) after a small confusion occurred between him and his German neighbor. OP was helping his neighbor with her English learning and he forgot the fact that the f-word can have so many different meanings and could be misinterpreted by someone who doesn’t speak the language properly yet.

His neighbor understood it in a sexual way and hilarity ensued. Scroll down if you want to read the full Reddit post and scroll down a little further to read screenshots of the comments from the original post.

Here‘s the original Reddit post by u/PAXICHEN:

The initially awkward interaction eventually lead to an even weirder question.

Using it in the wild can be risky because it can be dangerous if misused.

TL;DR In case you didn’t feel like reading the whole thing:

OP eventually added an update clarifying some more things:

Some Germans didn’t appreciate the generalizations OP was making.

Reading it without knowing the context would give you some wrong ideas.

He really shouldn't have added that sentence.

You’re allowed to be attracted to other people.

He’s doing his best to save the marriage 😂

This was all part of OP’s plans.

Duh, who would even do such a thing, impossible.

There seems to be a lot of confusion in their conversations.

Wholesome mistakes are always welcome and appreciated.

It seems pretty self explanatory but maybe she wasn’t 100% sure about it

It really seems like something straight out of that industry.

No one really knows where the attitude came from.

Punctuation can sometimes give hits about where you’re from.

It could’ve been much worse.

You have to adapt to whichever language you’re speaking.

The most awkward interaction ever.

It’s only true in this particular case.

She isn’t ready for Australian English yet.

Yeah, it does really seem weird considering he’s married.

The grammar of f@#k is complicated.

Something is off here, that one sentence is quite problematic.

Learning a new language as an adult is not an easy task and we should give some props to the German woman for trying. Mistakes like these are pretty common and should be tolerated because of the nature of the f-word and considering how it can have so many uses and meanings depending on context.

All in all, OP’s interaction with her was quite funny, and thankfully, it wasn’t taken out of context by his wife which could’ve lead to a lot of drama and unnecessary arguing. Finally, let’s not forget that we should never make fun of or ridicule people who are learning a new language because it could impede their learning process.

Ayoub