Step 1 : Introduction to the question "2. Why would your French friends be alarmed if you told them you'd just had fish for dinner by saying "J'ai mang� du poison"? What have you said?"
...1. I've eaten mangy fish 2. I've eaten poison 3. I've sleeved my fish 4. I've eaten fifty fish The French word for fish is "poisson", and you could certainly say "J'ai mang� du poisson". The S in "poison" sounds like a Z, while the SS in "poisson" sounds like an S.