What do they call French toast in France? (And other similar questions)
Read moreIn English, many things are named after a particular country – but have you ever wondered what those things are called in those countries?
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→ boob- There were a couple of minor boo-boos in the tutorial.
- You could make a big boo-boo if you make a roast beef dinner and they're a vegetarian,’ she said.
- No one pays much attention to the nepotism in politics, until someone's sibling makes a boo-boo.
- This is a big boo-boo and any knowledgable pasta person will tell you not to.
- In all fairness, we often criticise the referee, but he definitely made a boo-boo that day.
- You published some boo-boos about ‘Black Box Voting: Ballot-Tampering in the 21st Century.’
- Other manufacturers have made some boo-boos too.
- Finally Tully, my keeper of the dictionary, both you and your efficient secretary are still unable to pick up your spelling boo-boos.
- Well, one of the wonderful things we know is that politicians will never admit they made a boo-boo, a real boo-boo.
- Just when you think you've cracked this racing game, along comes a considerable boo-boo to remind you that you are human.
- Here's a list of some of the biggest boo-boos that pilots make with aviation insurance
- And so today I made a boo-boo on the website's structure, and my backup disappeared.
- It's typical of me to get the technicalities right and then go and make a boo-boo in the text.
- At this point, let me pause to say that my big boo-boo had already been committed.
- Lucy gives me watertight fashion advice - if I involve her every step of the way, I don't make fashion boo-boos.
- You're right, there probably aren't any glaring errors but I have actually found weird boo-boos here and there.
- But if I have made an embarrassing boo-boo I have to admit it.
- If this is happening, can you imagine what other boo-boos are being perpetrated?
- Look like they've realised their boo-boo at last.
- Not before Richard makes a big boo-boo, however.
Further reading
12 ways to say goodbye in other languages
Find out moreEnglish has borrowed many of the following foreign expressions of parting, so you’ve probably encountered some of these ways to say goodbye in other languages.
55 words ending in ‘ster’ you didn’t know you needed to know
Find out moreMany words formed by the addition of the suffix –ster are now obsolete - which ones are due a resurgence?
