ATU 1699 Misunderstanding Because of Ignorance of a Foreign Language (Including the previous Type 1699A)

ATU 1699

Misunderstanding Because of Ignorance of a Foreign Language (Including the previous Type 1699A)

Aarne–Thompson–Uther tale-type index · Anecdotes And Jokes · The full type description is not served here; the number and name are the classification facts.

Motifs the recorded variants carry

Criminal confesses because of misunderstanding of a dialect. 2 variants
Misunderstandings because of lack of knowledge of a different language than one's own. 1 variant
Misunderstood words lead to comic results. In some the people are not really deaf but fail to catch a word; in some they are deaf. 1 variant

Type numbers and names after Aarne–Thompson–Uther, via Hagedorn, trilogy (2022), CC-BY-NC-SA; motif links weighted by the dataset’s recorded tale variants. Served as classification facts with attribution.