おはようございます。KANOです。今回はこちらの記事から。
ユーモア読み物。アメリカ人観光客にヨーロッパの人々が言いそうな…絡みそうなwこと。
genital
意味 生殖 (器) の.
“Swimming trunks are not allowed. You must swim in the nude. We do not hide genitals in our culture.”
https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/what-i-imagine-every-european-will-say-to-me-an-american-when-i-explore-europe
これは理解できないよなあ。そうか、ヨーロッパ文化か。そういえば村上春樹もどこかで書いてたな。
glockenspiel
意味 [C]グロッケンシュピール, 鉄琴.
“Do you play the violin or just the glockenspiel?”
https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/what-i-imagine-every-european-will-say-to-me-an-american-when-i-explore-europe
ドイツ語ですって。楽器弾ける前提なの、確かにイメージある。
duchy
意味 （女） 公爵の領地, 公爵領, 公国 (dukedom).
“Luxembourg is not a duchy. It is a grand duchy. You did not study the duchy at uni?”
https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/what-i-imagine-every-european-will-say-to-me-an-american-when-i-explore-europe
最初universityだったのがuniになってて、酔っ払ってるのがわかるなw面白い！
chalet
意味 [C] （スイス山地の） 山小屋, シャレー; (主に英) （シャレー風の） コテージ, 別荘.
“Would you like some chocolate? It was made by a master Swiss chocolatier in a secret chalet. It pairs well with potato stew and twenty cigarettes.”
https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/what-i-imagine-every-european-will-say-to-me-an-american-when-i-explore-europe
Frisian
意味 フリースランド (Friesland) の; フリジア人 [語] の.
“Dutch is a language. Hollandaise is a sauce. Some Dutch people also speak Frisian. I speak Frisian but I am one-quarter Saxon rather than Dutch. You seem confused.”
https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/what-i-imagine-every-european-will-say-to-me-an-american-when-i-explore-europe
初めて聞く言語名だ…架空の名詞かと思ったらちゃんと辞書に載ってたw
moat
意味 [C] （城や都市, 動物園の動物の周囲に巡らした） 堀.
“My house is inside a castle. It does not have air-conditioning because it was built a thousand years ago. If you are hot, you can cool off in the moat.”
https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/what-i-imagine-every-european-will-say-to-me-an-american-when-i-explore-europe
古い建物が残ってるもんな。日本は地震でリセットされがちなので比べられませんが。
Treaty
意味 [C] 条約, 協定, 協約; 条約 [協定] 文書
“Do you Americans feel that you got a good deal at the Treaty of Paris? Your country is very new. It has big problems. You look confused. You don’t study your own history in kinderschoolen?”
https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/what-i-imagine-every-european-will-say-to-me-an-american-when-i-explore-europe
