English is not my mother tongue and even though I have lived abroad for several years the Swedish accent comes out of hiding every now and then. Usually like a little kinder surprise.
When I came back to Dubai after my vacation in Sweden last month, I had bought the cutes moose keychain souvenirs. It was a warning sign of a moose running over the street. We have them everywhere on the roads in Sweden. I bought one each for my colleagues in the department as they think it’s exotic. Or so I thought.
One of my colleagues that had been in a meeting the morning when I came back, suddenly came skipping towards me saying “I’m so excited about the moose you got us. Makes the start of the week so much better.” Ok, that’s great, I thought. Some people are just very happy to get souvenirs. I took the little moose out of the bag and gave it to him and just looked at me like a questionmark. “What is that”? He asked. “It’s the freakin moose you were so excited about” I said.
He looked at me sad and said “I thought you meant chocolate mousse!”
Ungrateful little shit…
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Hehe, if I thought I’d be getting mousse, I’d be disappointed too 😂
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Well yeah, guess I can’t blame him 😉
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Hilarious! The English language is fraught with misunderstanding. Cheers,H
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Apparently so! Or I need to practice my pronunciation ..
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Haha that’s hilarious. They do sound very alike
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Didn’t even cross my mind at the time but yeah. It sure does!
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Tog du inte med en vägskylt också?😁 De är populära föremål, men tror att det inte går att plocka väck dem från stolparna längre. Tyskarna var galna i dem, så skyltfirmorna fick jobba för högtryck för att göra nya.😁😁😁
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Nja den hade nog inte fått plats i resväskan som alltid är proppfull. Men nu när du säger det..:hade varit rätt coolt att ha på väggen!
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Shooooot. Tell him to get his own dang chocolate. And to keep it away from your husband.
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The men around me just take and take…and here I stand, innocent and without chocolate . Again.
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I probably shouldn’t tell you this then, but a box of dairy and soy free chocolate showed up on my doorstep today. I can’t have dairy or soy b/c my baby is allergic. I have no idea who sent it, though! Driving me nuts. Some very kind, generous soul. Feeling overwhelmed with the love. You need someone like this in your life. All women do. 🙂
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Wow! That’s incredible and so thoughtful. At least one of us is getting some chocolate around here.
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Hi, Miss A! Thanks for stopping by my blog and liking my post on using breath control the quell errant emotions. I enjoyed your moose/mousse anecdote. Interesting that a non-native English speaker would write that. I think the moose keychains sound like a lot of fun.
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Hey Tony, I love your blog! Happy I found it. Thanks for visiting me. Moose keychains are awesome, but mostly awesome if you don’t expect chocolate.
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Right. It’s all about expectations.
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HaHaHa! I like your attitude!
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Lol thanks Anne!
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Oh my gosh, I hope he was kidding. I see this attitude a lot in younger people. (I’m turning into my father with that statement) I thought it was just in America.
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He is a nice guy! Just clearly very in to food 😉 We all turn in to our parents sooner or later, don’t we ..
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Yes we do
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Ha, ha, Den var bra!
Jag har också mycket svensk accent kvar och är stolt över det.
Ha det bra!
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Det ska du vara stolt över! Vi är lite exotiska 😉
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Cute! I’m not too sure I’d be too excited to get unrefrigerated chocolate mousse as a holiday gift lol
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Well, he is a man. He doesn’t think obviously
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I love that story so much! 🙂
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He is still talking about me owing him some mousse …
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This is hilarious. By the way English isn’t my mother tongue either. Greetings from distant Canada! Peter
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Hey Canada! Thank you for visiting! Which language is your mother tongue?
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Hello Miss A! My wife and I are from Germany. The story about us coming to Canada is being published every Friday on my blog. Have a great day!
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Exciting! Will absolutely have a read.
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LOOOOOL Love this!! People are so ungrateful!
I just can’t help thinking about a post of mine… I think you’ll get why if you visit, but absolutely no pressure. I just feel it is totally related 😛
https://cyranny.wordpress.com/2017/08/14/white-moose-anyone/
Have a lovely night!! xx
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Lol that’s so accurate! A lot of moosing action in both Canada and Sweden or is it just lack of news in the papers 😉
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🙂
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I love moose, I love mousse, and I love moose-mousse stories 😀
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I’m glad you do! The mousse ones are the best I think. Or maybe I’m just hungry..
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How about giving him some moose mousse, hahaha 🙂
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Brilliant! I think the moose is far better.
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Moose sure is good! Dont underestimate them 😉
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