# My Funny Spanish-Language Mixup

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-funny-spanish-language-mixup/1003336
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [June 25, 2024, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-funny-spanish-language-mixup/1003336 "2024-06-25T23:00:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 1
**Showing post:** 49

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2024, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-funny-spanish-language-mixup/1003336/49 "2024-07-01T12:35:26Z")

</div>

> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#):
>
> For the same reason, non-native French speakers should be very careful about mentioning the preservatives in their food.

> [@solost](#):
>
> But they didn’t know the word for ‘preservative’, so they took a shot that it was the same word as English, only with a French pronunciation: “Y a-t-il des préservatifs dans le lait?” The proprieter bursts out laughing.
> 
> Turns out they had asked “are there any condoms in the milk?”.

Amazingly, it turns out the same mistake is possible in English (though I think that this one resulted from a phone-keyboard autocomplete/autocorrect (the intended word was “pectin”):

> [@Jam-making advice sought](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jam-making-advice-sought/1003443/14):
>
> I just failed at making red current jelly for the first time ever. It’s runny. Like, a thick liquid. It’s always been a jelly before, sometimes it’s been too stiff. I’ve never added protection and wouldn’t even know where to buy it. Same bushes as the last two years, too.

---

_[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-funny-spanish-language-mixup/1003336)._