... it was over the phone, so no record.

I had limited arabic words and tried to thank a Saudi for a gift he had sent me via my husband using what few words I knew.

I tried to say 'you have given me great pleasure ...' but I never got to complete the sentence, because he roared with laughter, and when I asked what I had said wrong, he just said: 'Please, say it again!'

I checked afterwards and discovered I'd actually used a command and said:

"YOU! Give me pleasure!!!!"

oopsy