<p>My kids will never let me forget that one time I wrote a note to a hotel maid (whom I knew was a Spanish speaker because she and her colleague were speaking Spanish in the hall) that said:</p>
<p>Puedo estar mas bolsas de te, por favor?</p>
<p>Which means, if your Spanish is as good as mine: ‘Can I have more tea bags please?’</p>
<p>NO IT DOESN’T! It says:</p>
<p>Can I be more bags of tea, please?</p>