I was talking to a friend of mine today who speaks English as a second language, and he said something so hilarious I could not help but share it. His first language is Russian, and he could not find a word in his Russian-English dictionary.
Him: I’m looking forward to watch the fresh episode of NCIS.
Me: Ah. I’ve never seen that show.
Him: Main character is very charismatic. And the whole mood is… my dictionary doesn’t know such an English word. Something between ‘fervent’, ‘teasing’, and ‘frolicsome’.
I hurt myself from laughing. Not at him, but at the idea of advertising NCIS this way. Check out the new season—it’s frolicsome!
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#1 by Davyerit on January 8, 2012 - 12:37 pm
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That is… Just awesome. I really like that show, and to think of Gibbs being decribed as frolicsome is awesome. I am curious what the Russian word would be.
#2 by ren on January 8, 2012 - 3:20 pm
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Yeah I’ll try to get the word from him and post it. But what word could possibly be the intersection of fervent, teasing, and frolicsome? I can’t imagine anything that can ever be described by those three words all at once.