At any rate, one of my neighbours is an English teacher at another high school. She speaks really well and just recently returned from studying in Arizona. We have a lot in common and she has since become one of my closest friends.
The first night we cooked together I learned heaps and laughed lots. Because she just returned from the US and is passionate about English, she`s picked up a fair bit of slang. She kept saying "just nuke it" over and over. Even though I don`t have a microwave and I haven`t personally said "nuke it" in many years, I wasn`t about to stop her. Instead, I was impressed by her knowledge and correct usage of this and other colloquialisms.
I then decided to enlighten her about the origin of this expression. Without hesitation I proceeded to tell her that "nuke" is short for "nuclear."
Only after the words came out of my mouth did I realize I had just said that to a Japanese person.
Whoops!