Say What?: Language Misadventures by Greg Whelan, Renato Tavares Pereira

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!