寿司職人：「いらっしゃいませ！」
Zさん："こんにちは！。。。あのー。。。えと。。。あっ！ホタテください。"
寿司職人：「はい！ほたりますよ！」
Zさん："...?"
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Z-san explains: "This is at a sushi restaurant. I request scallop which is ホタテ (hotate). Hotate sounds like the "-te" form of a hypothetical verb ほたる. When the sushi chef replies with the ます of that verb, I am thoroughly confused."
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