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[muckefuck]

KOT "excrement" (German); "cot" (Dutch)
What I Read: "Ik strekte mij iedere avond op mijn kot..."
What It Said: "I stretched out every evening on my cot..."
What Was Said In My Head: "I stretched out every evening on my excrement..."
Notes: Never would've made that mistake if not for the presence of the page break, since on the verso of the page the sentence continues with "...van houtspaanders en zelfgejaagde dierenvellen..." ("...of woodchips and the skins of animals I'd hunted myself...")

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[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

This particular confusion wouldn't have occurred in the spoken language since kot has a short vowel, sounding so much like the English "cot" that German Kot (with a long vowel) never would've popped into my head.