A study break yesterday evening found me in the basement of a Latin bar near the Bataclan. There were tickets. There was booze. There was a guy who asked me a question. (If it’s in italics, it happened in French.)
Guy: Does your ticket get you a fish?
Me: Excuse me?
Guy: One ticket, one fish?
Me: Ummm…
Guy: [Points at my beer] A fish. Is your ticket for getting a fish?
Me: [Looking at my beer, lights go on] Yes, your ticket gets you a drink. [Hiding my head in my hands, off to the bathroom to cry all alone]
French notes:
- le poisson: fish.
- la boisson: drink.
Zipf's Law 
Hey, it is LA boisson . This should have saved you from this confusion .
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Hey, it is LA boisson . This should have saved you from this confusion . Not mentioning the difference between P and B . I wonder what you would do in Egypt where they can’t say P and always say B instead . ” Give me a ben, sir !”
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Thanks–fixed!
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Le or la, it made me laugh anyway.
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🙂
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