@Matthias27 and I were discussing “speak” versus “talk” today, and I found this interesting article, I thought it might help someone else.
Which words do you often confuse?
Bored and boring? Close and turn off? Handy and phone?
Personally, I always confuse gespannt, spannend, entspant, basically anything with “span” in German, and so I usually just don’t use these words 
, but I know this isn’t the best method!
If you have a funny story, I’d love to hear it!
. I remember always saying “What a beautiful pig” 
(Schwein) instead of swan 
(Schwan) 
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