I was once involved in a business enterprise with a man who wasn't a native speaker

I had talked to a child about buying some of our stuff, and he was psyched about it and went off to fetch a parent to complete the transaction

I was talking with my colleague about it in the interim, and said of the kid "he was sold" as a way of summarizing his receptiveness to my pitch about our products

My colleague became very alarmed. What do you mean, sold? Who bought him? What do you mean?

It took a while to explain.

"Roll acrobatics, I guess."

"Natural 20!"

"Ok... You contort your body in ways that no humanoid creature should be able to, and successfully fit inside the jar.

"Can I get everyone else to make a Wisdom saving throw, please?

"Uh huh. Uh huh. Uh huh.

"Ok, everybody else now thinks you're a djinni."

Later the rogue was eaten by a gazebo. :)

And then they find atire

just tabaxi things

The door is slightly ajar.

Okay... but like... how much ajar?

Umm... a little bit.

So which little bit is ajar?

Huh?

The top, the bottom, the middle, the inside, the outside or the handles?

that's just me playing Zork

Ah yes, the Gazebo problem.

This can happen with new players who are native English speakers too, as D&D has a fair deal of vocabulary not everyone knows. Words like charisma and melee really got popularized by D&D.

Deep cut here: When I was a kid (ages past) and first heard friends talk about D&D, I thought there was a lens to keep you on the border. And without it, you might go straight Into The Unknown.

Teenage me pronouncing "braziers" as "brassieres" and my players wondering what the fuck I was talking about.

Hilarious that I was listening to https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ69ny57pR0 when this post popped on my tiny display thing

More like Bill Hicks on acid playing dnd…

Im pretty sure I saw this as a visual gag in a Muppet Babies comic book in the 80s! I think it was issue #13… I might still have it packed away somewhere

"Your party is walking along when you come upon a wizard in a jar. Do you let him out?" (h/t to Adam Savidan.)