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In what ways does Think-Tank misinterpret innocent nursery rhymes as threats to the Martians/ Can you think of any incidents where you misinterpreted a word or an action? How did you resolve the misunderstanding?

Think-Tank misinterprets the innocent nursery rhymes as threats to the Martians. Initially, he misinterprets that the earthlings have discovered how to combine agricultural and mining and that they can grow explosives. From the next poem, Humpty Dumpty, he misinterprets that the earthlings have come to know about his intentions and they are planning to capture him. He immediately decides to leave Mars to be safe and to avoid getting caught.


Yes, there have been many such incidents when I had misinterpreted a word or an action. There’s a Hindi word ‘galatfehmi’ which means a misunderstanding. I often used to misinterpret it as ‘galatfamily’ which means (according to me) a wrong family.


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