User blog comment:Raidra/Creepypasta Nightmares/@comment-4849011-20141111131739/@comment-4849011-20141219001458

~laughs~ That last one reminded me of an urban legend I've read. This couple was taking a trip overseas. They had a friend who had bragged about all the places he'd been and how knowledgeable he was, so they asked him for some phrases in ~insert foreign language here~. The first night in the foreign country they went to a restaurant and tried to order using a phrase the friend had given them. The waiter looked horrified and fetched the manager. The couple repeated the phrase and the manager looked horrified. He fetched the head chef (who apparently spoke English). When the couple repeated the phrase, the chef replied, "Why do you think the manager has a pig, and why in God's name do you want to have sex with it?!" That story begs the question whose fault it was. Did they get the phrase wrong, was the friend not the expert he claimed he was, or was the "friend" knowingly feeding them problematic foreign phrases under false pretenses? Personally I like to imagine that the friend wasn't as knowledgeable as he made himself out to be, and when the couple got back, they were going to make him pay for putting on a front!

I've thought about writing a blog for stories about bad translations, because I'm sure we all have at least one. I'll let you know if I do.