Dear teachers --
below are just a few of many quite embarrasing mistakes that unwary english students sometimes make
- she is a call girl -- instead of she is a call office girl
- she is a sporting girl -- instead of she is a sporty girl
The two examples--use errors given above are especially so to say dangerous because they look so innocent to most non-native speakers students
sure thing, you can give me more examples of this sort of course -- from your teaching practice
sure thing many english students will be grateful for such warning examples, not only me
if you please?
COFShe is a call girl
= She is a prostitute.
COF call office girl
I have no idea what that is.
She is an office worker.
Calling a female employee a "girl" can be offensive.
You would not call a male worker a "boy," would you?
COFshe is a sporting girl -
Seems ok to me (American English).
There may be a connotation that she likes gambling or she is someone who plays fairly by the rules, but that depends on the context. I think you meant one of these:
She is a sportswoman. She is an athlete. She is athletic. She likes sports.
i WAS SURE -- a sporting girl = a sporting woman = a call girl = prostitute
you can't be serious ... she is a sporting girl MEANS she is a sportswoman ???
isn't SPORTING GIRL JUST a euphemism for PROSTITUTE??
Sporting has no such definition in any of the dictionaries I checked, including the urban dictionary (the latest slang). Maybe it is used that way where you live. There are many many slang words for prostitute.
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/sporting
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sporting%20girl
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/sporting+lady
dear Alphecca Star --
Also, please help me with the following
- although call-office girl is as you say never used by native speakers yet the sentence -- she is a call center girl -- is normal english??
- the sentence -- She is a sporty girl -- sounds ok by you? that is, the word SPORTY is fine here?
a thousand thankyou
OK, I hadn't heard this.
Not really. "She works in a call center. "