Anecdote

LINGUISTIC ANECDOTE

Carmen, a Spanish student, said to her English landlady:

-Mrs Green, my bottom has just blown off. Please, can you give me a needle to sow it?

Mrs.Green looked at her in amazement.

-Here you are the needle, dear, but it is hard to repair.

     These button and bottom are indeed naughty troublesome words and you should be careful with them:

One  of my pupils said once:

The number of  anecdotes with these words is endless, they are responsible for many misunderstandings and much embarrassment, but  don’t panic I am not going to tell you all, just one more.

On another occasion I asked one of my pupils just for the sake of speaking English.

There was general laughter. I also laughed.

Obviously he meant buttonhole.

I expect you are well aware of the difference by now.