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You say tomato, I say...tamale?

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Given my accent (English), I get the occasonal misunderstanding here in SoCal. Funniest one was probably today, though. I was ordering a burger and asked for "no tomatoes."

"What?"

"Uh...no tomatoes," I repeated.

"WHAT?" He was staring at me now, deeply confused.

"No tom-ay-toes," I said.

"Ah," he said, as understanding dawned. "I thought you said no tamales."

Yup, please make sure you don't put a tamale inside my burger... :rolleyes:

Anyway, what has your weirdest misunderstanding been?

Michael (London, UK) and Jennifer (CA, USA)

7/04 - Mike and Jenn meet online.

29/11/04 - Michael visits California

16/1/05 - Jennifer visits London

27/4/05 - Get hitched in Vegas

25/7/05 - I-130 sent

1/9/05 - I-129 sent

8/9/05 - NOA1 for I-129.

14/9/05 - Touched (I-129)

19/9/05 - Touched (I-129)

12/10/05 - APPROVED! (I-129)

19/1/06 - Receive Packet 4. Interview set for February 9th. Michael seen performing lewd dance moves in his bedroom by shocked neighbours

9/2/06 - Interview. Michael charms his way through the US Embassy in record time...then has to go back after they forget to take his receipt for the fee. Still...VICTORY

23/2/06 - Michael arives at LAX, babbles nonsense at customs officers. Eyebrows are raised

4/4/06 - NOA1s for EAD and AOD

14/4/06 - Receive notification of biometrics appointment on April 18th

18/4/06 - Biometrics complete

4/6/06 - AOS Interview set for July 24th

10/6/06 - EAD received

20/7/06 - SSN received

24/7/06 - AOS interview. APPROVED pending name check

2/9/06 - Welcome to America, you big stud. Kisses, the USCIS.

Notes From A Darkened Room - Of course you want to click here and read my mealy-mouthed gibberish.

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We were at Bennigan's. The waitress asked David what sides he wanted with his burger. One of the things she offered was "cole slaw" but that's not what he heard. Who knows what he heard... but I thought he seriously had not heard of cole slaw, so I started to explain in German (we seem to do better with misunderstandings if we both speak in our non-native language). Of course he knew what cole slaw was... he just needs to get used to the 'Michigander' accent.

Now it's one of those 'inside jokes' between us...

And of course, everywhere we go, people ask him if he's Australian.

I just call him European.

He doesn't like that... ;)

8-30-05 Met David at a restaurant in Germany

3-28-06 David 'officially' proposed

4-26-06 I-129F mailed

9-25-06 Interview: APPROVED!

10-16-06 Flt to US, POE Detroit

11-5-06 Married

7-2-07 Green card received

9-12-08 Filed for divorce

12-5-08 Court hearing - divorce final

A great marriage is not when the "perfect couple" comes together.

It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences.

 
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