Two On One Cap

Sometimes my pupils make me laugh. Quite often actually. Today I was marking tests, and one answer made me smile so much. 

The question was: 
'The computer doesn't start up. It always gives trouble! What do you say?'

The idea was that the pupils would reply with: 
'It never seems to work!' - a phrase they had learned. However, this boy wrote down: 
'It never started quickly.'
Patient young man! 

The extra assignment also yielded funny results. They had to write about their family and how/where they lived. One boy wrote: 

'I live in a two on one cap house.'
He meant: 'I live in a semi-detached house.'
The Dutch word for 'semi-detached' is 'twee onder een kap', meaning 'two under one roof'. 
I can see how he got to this creative phrase. 

Language Problems

Here’s an excerpt from a conversation me and a bilingual friend had recently. I can’t remember what we were talking about, but it doesn’t matter the faintest bit.

* Friend: “I can’t even say this in English.”

- Me: “Then use another language.”

* Friend: “I don’t have much choice have I.”

- Me: “Pick and choose, exclude English.”

I wonder how many people think this type of conversation is funny. I love situations like these.