I thought porn was illegal in China. Unless they allow censored forms where it's just the dialog and foreplay that ends when the clothes start coming off.
Wow, I'm certain I would've done the same. Think I'd make myself a cheat sheet for Scotland and Wales when I get around to visit. Knowing that Cymru is pronounced "com-ree" gave me anxiety about butchering names there if ever I'll need to ask for directions.
That's exactly what I thought! I figured that if airport/airline staff there were paid as poorly as in the US (with modern cost of living considerations), maybe it's more common than I thought at the time.
It bugs me a bit when people treat acceptable synonyms as foreign just because it's not the word or within the range of words they would've chosen.
I had something similar happen getting off a plane at London Heathrow. I asked airport staff where I could find the restrooms and they replied with a slightly confused look, "do you mean toilet?"
As an American, it didn't click for me until I visited London for the first time why names like Leicester and Gloucester were pronounced the way they are by Brits. My dumb American brain sees the names as Lei-cester and Glou-cester rather than Leice-ster and Glouce-ster.
Maybe he got the idea of going hard on tariffs from trying to find a president he could relate to. Sadly, if he goes out the same way, we won't get a Teddy Roosevelt out of Vance.
I thought porn was illegal in China. Unless they allow censored forms where it's just the dialog and foreplay that ends when the clothes start coming off.