One Korean woman who lives in the United States arrived at work one morning,her boss asked her ,”did you get a plate ?” ” No ..” she answered,wondering what in the world he meant .She worked in an office .Why did the boss ask her about a plate ?All day she wondered about her boss’s strange question, but she was too embarrassed to ask him about it .At five o’clock ,when she was getting ready to go home,her boss said,” plaise be on time tomorrow .You were 15 minutes late this morning.”Sorry,”she said .”My car wouldn’t star ,and……”Suddenly she stopped talking and began to smile.Now she understood .Her boss hadn’t asked her,”Did you get a plate ?”,He had asked her ,” Did you get up late ?”.
Because so many English Words Sound similar .Every day people start Speaking English asking” what did you say ” , ” can you say again plaise “.So similar Sounding Words can be especialy confusing for people who Speak English as Second Language.
Filed under: English Pronunciation | Tagged: ESL, Improve English, Learn English, Misunderstanding
English is not the only language with similar sounding words.The other languages,too, have words that can cause misunderstanding,especially for foreigners.