Words in a foreign language thought to be insults

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Words in a foreign language thought to be insults.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd misunderstandings. · One thing mistaken for another. · One thing mistaken for another – miscellaneous. · view the constellation · filed as J1802

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general Type 1322*
general Nouvelles Récréations No. 65.

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Filed under One thing mistaken for another – miscellaneous.

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"I don't understand." Foreigner asks who owns property, clothing, servants; whose wife an attractive woman is; whose funeral is in progress? Answer to each question is "I don't understand," which foreigner takes to be a person's name. (Cf. J1152, J1741, X111.7.)

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Words in a Foreign Language Thought to be Insults · ATU 13221 recorded variant

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