At our choir special Sunday morning they had us put scarves over our heads to look the women in Biblical times. I had a very pretty red color and a very nice man in our choir was trying to compliment me that it looked nice…because we were all feeling pretty dorky. The conversation was pretty funny though.
Very Nice Man: Your scarf looks nice. You look like a Scarlet.
Me (confused–was he referring to an adulteress wearing the red A or a harlot very close to sounding like scarlet): You mean a harlot?
VNM: Yes! A harlot. I got confused.
Me (putting my hand on his shoulder and saying in a whisper): You know harlot means a whore?
VNM: Oh my gosh! I got confused! You don’t look like a harlot!!!
We had a nice laugh about it. Poor guy. He was just trying to be nice.