My boss is of filipino descent but he is american and has no detectable accent - just looks filipino. Omicron came into my office about two years ago and looked him straight in the eye and said "How can you be my momma's boss if you don't even speak English?"
To which my boss said "I do speak English"
and Omicron added "I can't understand what you are saying"

I apologized profusely. He laughed about it and said it was ok. He then repeated the story (to other people) over the last two years about a dozen times and laughed about it every time.
And everytime I apologized again.
And everytime he would assure me it was no big deal that he thought it was funny.
Apparently he kept that in his back pocket so to speak, so that he could use it for when he scrwd up and said something that he shouldn't have.
Judy once informed a"midget" that she was little !!

Judy was 3 and I was BEET RED!!! The lady just agreed with her and laughed !!!! Kid's say the Darndest things according to Art Linkletter !!

The girls also asked a very good friend of mine , who happens to be black if "she used to be white " I roared and so did my friend Judy was beside herself with embarassment !!!