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Turkish Delights True stories of travellers to Turkey Misunderstanding Mama The personal Turkish experiences of visitors to the Learning Practical Turkish web site... Misunderstanding Mama... My Mother's native tongue is Turkish, and sometimes she makes mistakes in understanding English. One day my Dad, who is American, and my Mom were watching the old classic movie "San Francisco" starring Clark Gable as "Blackie the Gambler" and Spencer Tracy as a priest. In the film, Blackie and the priest had been childhood friends, but as they grew older, their lives had gone in different 'directions' -- even though their friendship remained unchanged. At one point in the movie, Spencer the priest turned to Clark the gambler and said, "Blackie...one day I'm going to save your mortal soul." Dad remembers that Mom looked puzzled for a moment, but then got up and went to the kitchen cabinet and returned with a cylindrical blue box of Morten's Salt. She looked at Dad and asked, "Why would the priest want to save this for Blackie?" YB (Sept '00) Related: Other Personal Turkish Experiences Language Related Pages: How To Learn Basic Turkish -- A Practical Philosophy for beginners (Found in the 'Introduction to The Whole Earth Catalog of Turkish Movies'.) Why Off-color language is important too... Essential 700 Club pages Pages with sound files 'Tips' for learning/using Turkish Turkish Doubles Troubles 8 Difficulties of Turkish About Translation Software More Language Related Pages: Translating Turkish, the basics Conjunction Celebration Turkish Verbs Essential Idioms, Index Essential Suffixes, Index Sentence Structure, Standard Turkish Pronunciation Turkish Accenting Numbers in Turkish NewsReaders' Dictionary, Index Unrelated fun: Frequently asked questions about Turkey and the Turkish language Turkish Tongue Twisters Turkish for Kids Pop Quiz Politically Incorrect Turkish Humor Internet and Computer Terms Gossipy Turkish Who's Who Turkish Conventional and 'Erotik' Movies, Index The World's Worst Sport

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