Time: 10:30 a.m.
Setting: Level Three Composition
Language: Spanish (translated for your convenience)
The professor asks one of my classmates,
What do you put on when it is cold outside?
He responds with tangled nouns and adjectives.
What he meant:
I wear a big puffy jacket.
What he said:
I wear a fat coat made of cats.
The professor corrects him, first making sure his coat is not actually made of cat fur, then calls on another luckless student.
Her question:
Do you shave in the morning?
What he meant:
Yes, I shave my throat.
What he said:
Yes, I shave my "gargantua"/ "tarantula" (?!)
So, in our class we have a confirmed cat-wearer and someone with either a hairless spider or a medical problem below the belt.
I'm trying to keep my trap shut, lest some dark secret be revealed about me during class...
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