I was looking through some of my old posts, as during my last lessons one class asked me for some funny stories, and I was reminded of this one:
A few years ago now, a young lady was reading a text in a seminar which I was following...when suddenly she lost me! She said 'now here...' Confused, I asked her where she was reading from...it was the same passage, but she'd read the word 'nowhere' as 'now here'!! :-) I found this not only very amusing, but also highly original...in fact, I don't recall a single student doing that in my 5 and a bit years at SGO!
In the very next lesson, I told the students that I'd just had an interesting experience. I wrote 'nowhere' on the blackboard and asked a young man at the front to say the word. To be honest, I really expected no problems...but quick as a flash, without so much as a blink, he said 'now here'!!! His friend next to him gave him a look which suggested he'd forgotten how to speak English and said 'It's 'nowhere'!'
I'd quite forgotten about this story, but still see the funny side of it. However, a couple of weeks ago I decided to resurrect it again in a couple of classes...and what do you know? The first students in EACH class replied 'now here' when I wrote the word 'nowhere' on the board!
I mentioned this to one of my colleagues, and she drew my attention to the back of the classroom next to the 'kabinet' - there, above a presentation about 'Seasons' was written the title:
SEA
SONS
So, was I looking at a presentation about 'seasons', or 'sons of the sea'? ð
I wonder how many other English words there are that can be seen differently?
