Explanation: Germans ~~used to~~ (apparently only in my bubble) call cellphones "Handy" and many people still do that. My friends from america found that quite hilarious.
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Ich, ein Auslander: "Wie sagst Man 'Hand' auf Deutsch? ... Ach, ja."
Reminds me of my first day studying abroad in Germany and trying to ask a random guy at the train station to borrow his lighter.
Me, miming lighting a cigarette: "Wie sagt man—" Him: "Man sagt FEUER!"