I'm german, but I write stuff in english. One time, I forgot the word "barrel". No problem, just enter the german word for it (Fass) in my translation app... except I'd also forgotten the grman word. I'd forgotten the exact same word in two different languages. I ended up substituting "round crate" until I remembered.

I remember once i was talking to one of my British friends and i forgot the word for Britain. I called it Britland.

I speak English, for 40+ years and I still completely blank on words. Luckily I have a best friend who will know exactly what I mean when I say 'you know, the thing with the thing!' My own personal translator

My mom and her family are multilingual and English is not th efirst for any of them. I grew up translating and needing a translator in English, LOL, tho' English is *my* first language. Like my mom, I call hurricanes "Hot blizzards", and baffled the hell outta my hubby when I once asked for, "Y'know, the stabby thing? Like for hay, but smaller." (I meant a *fork*. He still calls forks "stabby things". *sigh*)

I remember an online post by a woman who rang to make a reservation at a restaurant, promptly forgot the word 'reservation' & ended up asking for a 'food appointment'. She said she could never go back to the restaurant after that call

I forgot the word "soup" once...ended up calling it a "hot vegetable smoothie"...as soon as the words were out of my mouth I remembered soup. I still have not lived it down.

On our first trip to London we wanted to have lunch in an italian restaurant. Although we both learned English at school, my friend couldn't do anything with the English menu. At that time I only remembered the German terms for a couple of the pizza toppings. It ended with the waitress starting to paint on their pad the things they had on offer. Amazingly, we went there again the next day despite the embarrassment. I still tease her with it sometimes.

'The Fire Truck People' - Firemen, 'The sweep sweep scottish thing' - curling. I'm a native English speaker and I have way more than those two, I drop words and lose names all the time.

Last night my 7 year old asked us to light his hot chocolate on fire. He wanted us to warm it up in the microwave.

I was in Vietnam and asked a local why they have hammer and 'metal-banana' symbol everywhere

Me and my Norwegian ex girlfriend went to Olive Garden and she loved the "Tour of Italy" meal when it was time to order she ordered the "Italian Journey" hahah i miss and love her till this day!

I speak multiple languages, as do all of my friends. This is really typical of anyone in any language - and can be bloody funny if you have a sense of humour about learning languages. What's worse, is when you go back to your own main language and forget basic words, after speaking a different language for a while. "Chair" and "door" are 2 words I've forgotten when coming back to my primary-language. *eyeroll at myself*

English is my first language but one time when I was younger I forgot the words "storyteller" and "narrator" so I said "reader-out-louder". Not as cute as when my brother was a toddler and said "night boots" instead of slippers or "foot fingers" instead of toes

In Mandarin (and probably other languages) new words are formed from existing words - like "computer" is "electric brain machine".

My coworker told me to just put it in the colder fridge. A freezer is what they meant :D

My father in law had Alzheimer's and once came out of the bathroom telling me he had "changed the windy thing you clean with" I thanked him for changing the toilet paper.

My husband’s nan asked me to get her some savoury cookies from the store.

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On Sunday I forgot the word cooking spoon and kept calling it a stir stick