| | A true story? At the very least, a joke XD A foreign missionary came to a Japanese church and used his most polite Japanese to ask a young girl from the congregation to read a Bible passage out loud. The girl’s father later indignantly complained to the pastor of the church about the missionary’s rude behavior. “What did you say to her?” the pastor asked the missionary. The missionary replied, “I said, ‘およめになってください’” BadumCHHH!!!
What the missionary meant to say: “Please read out loud＝お読みになってください”
What he actually said, due to mispronunciation of a single syllable: “Please become my wife＝お嫁になってください” XD
The above joke/anecdote courtesy of Pastor Sono and his wife who I met while attending Oita Megumi Church during my time on the JET program. I saw them this past weekend when I visited them in Shizuoka where they are now living! |
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