Some things simply do not translate.
Today I stepped outside my office, it being Christmas eve, I was leaving early.
A friend of mine, (born in PNG) was placing a box marked "FRAGILE" in his truck.
I quoted one of my favorite Christmas movies and said without thinking,
"Frah jee lay ... ooh that must be Italian!"
he paused and looked at me with a look that said "this is your mother tongue, and you can't even read that?" and replied verbally, "Fragile... it's Fragile"
I lacked the desire to explain my joke, I regretted having quoted the film to a man who had obviously never seen it... and nodded a polite "yes, thank you."
Hehe... still couldn't resist the perfect opportunity.
Merry Christmas.
