Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread (Part 2)

[EinsteinsHund]

It reminds of a similar mishap in Germany from maybe 20 years ago I already shared on the Dope:

Funny Miscommunications Thread

Not a personal experience, but a funny incident that was reported in German media some years ago. A couple from Saxony wanted to book a flight to Porto, Portugal via telephone. Now the Saxon accent is famous for pronouncing hard consonants very softly, so what the person on the other end heard was “We want to book a flight to Bordo”, “Bordo” being homophonous with “Bordeaux”, a city of course in France. Guess where they landed…