I got my quiz back today for my English class (pre-midterm, so she was sitting on her ass for a while), and it was a spelling test-type. my teacher has a thick Swedish accent so its hard to hear her clearly.
where I was supposed to put 'foreign' I put 'faran' because I couldn't fathom what the fuck she was saying.
yolo.
I had a similar experience. I was taking French in college and it was the day of the final exam. I was poised to begin as the voice of the head of the French department came through the headphones. The voice was Japanese! Can you imagine how weird French sounds when spoken by someone with a very thick Japanese accent? As I looked around, every face I saw had the same expression: absolute shock and horror.