Let me share mine too. People in Canada are REALLY cautious in commenting the personal choice of others, in fact, most of them dont care it at all, just take it for easy. And commenting on one's sexual orientation is very rare. Well, when i came here, i had no freaking idea about this so-called "sexual orientation". Had heard that some khaires and khairenis have sex with animals but didnt know anything abt homosexuals. And my accent was dead poor when i first came here. So, besides me, there was one more canadian guy with my prof. The next day, I went to the office earlier than anybody. After a while, the guy appeared. It was his habit to jog to the office. So he came panting and sweating. To appear extra-dear, I commented " Oh you seem so hot". He was quite taken. Then, seeing him surprised, I clarified, "I mean, sweat". But my pronunciation was like "sweet". This guy was really surprised but did not say anything. He acted a bit differently with me though. Even when we met in the washroom, he used to quickly rush out. I thought he was just shy. Eventually, we became very good friends and probably he learnt what my "orientation" was, it was only over a beer after a few months that he revealed how he had thought of me before. So, my lesson is, pronouce it स्वेट and not स्वीट though in Nepal we used to call a sweater a स्वीटर. And dont call anybody "hot", better call "worked out" - the same guy told me. Keep rolling...