I ve been living in Spain for 6 months now. Upon saying the UK pronunciation where the second 'i' is silent, a light bulb obviously went on in Weeaporn's head. His eyes lit up. His hands went down to his crotch. Ah, I know.
Women have it.
Medsin in Weeraporn's ears became Menz which basically he understood to be menstruation. Needless to say, it took awhile for the teacher to sort out this misunderstanding and explain it to the class. The U.S. decided to become involved in WWII because the Japanese came and bombed Paul Harvey. I was so attentive during the new teacher orientation workshops and took notes on how to survive the first week. As suggested I over-planned for that first week and created name tags for all of my 35 first grade students.