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minus-squareEcho Dotlinkfedilink18•2 years agoWe had a French exchange student at one point and somebody told her the phrase “I’m gagging for it” meant she was thirsty. As in, she wanted a drink. She kept saying it all the time. While waving her hand around in front of her face in a flustered way. It got to the point where it would have been embarrassing to explain it to her.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•2 years agoSo you just left her in the dark until years later she realized it and now it’s something that pops into her brain late at night.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 years agoWho knows, she may have already known what it meant the whole time. She’s French, after all.
We had a French exchange student at one point and somebody told her the phrase “I’m gagging for it” meant she was thirsty. As in, she wanted a drink.
She kept saying it all the time. While waving her hand around in front of her face in a flustered way.
It got to the point where it would have been embarrassing to explain it to her.
So you just left her in the dark until years later she realized it and now it’s something that pops into her brain late at night.
Who knows, she may have already known what it meant the whole time. She’s French, after all.