Awkward Convo

When you get lost in translation, a lot of awkward things can happen. This particular awkward conversation put a smile on my face the entire day. It was between me and one of my coworkers. I went to lunch with some of my coworkers and we got to talking.

Coworker (to me): Machst du einen Sport? (Do you play a sport?)


Me (to coworker): Nein, nicht wirklich. (No, not really.)


Coworker (to me in English for some reason): Oh, I thought you would have played football or something because of how your body looks.


Me: Danke? (Thanks?)

In his defense, what he said was grammatically correct and perfectly okay to say but it just happens to not be something we would ever say to someone in English because it is...you guessed it. Awkward! We might say "build" instead of "body". It was very funny and I am laughing about it even now as I type this post. I enjoy biking a lot and the occasional long walk but I have no idea why he would say I look like a football player. Hmmmmm I wonder...