dienasgramata:

My grandmother was a missionary and she had heard that the largest religion
in the world was Buddhism. So she decided to go to Japan to convert Buddhists.

And to inform them about the end of the world.

And she didn't speak Japanese. So she tried to convert them with a combination
of hand gestures, sign language and hymns, in English.

The Japanese had absolutely no idea what she was trying to get at.

(c) Laurie Anderson