diff --git a/include/naab/string_interpolation.h b/include/naab/string_interpolation.h
index 3ce94e2c..4a944c41 100644
--- a/include/naab/string_interpolation.h
+++ b/include/naab/string_interpolation.h
@@ -138,13 +138,20 @@ inline std::string formatInterpolationError(const std::string& expr,
                                             const std::string& file,
                                             int line, int column) {
     std::string first = inner_error.substr(0, inner_error.find("\n\n"));
-    // The inner parser only saw the extracted expression, so its "line 1,
-    // column N" is a position inside ${...}. Say that, not a file position.
-    const std::string prefix = "Parse error at line 1, column ";
+    // The inner parser only saw the extracted expression, so its column is a
+    // position inside ${...}. Its LINE is not: the evaluators shift the inner
+    // tokens to the string's line (so runtime errors point at the right file
+    // line), which means the inner parse error reads "line <file line>,
+    // column <offset in the expression>" -- a file line paired with a column
+    // that is not one. Matching only "line 1" missed every string not on line
+    // 1 and printed exactly that mix. Report the column as what it is.
+    const std::string prefix = "Parse error at line ";
     if (first.compare(0, prefix.size(), prefix) == 0) {
-        size_t colon = first.find(':', prefix.size());
+        size_t col_kw = first.find(", column ", prefix.size());
+        size_t colon = col_kw == std::string::npos ? col_kw : first.find(':', col_kw);
         if (colon != std::string::npos) {
-            first = "at character " + first.substr(prefix.size(), colon - prefix.size()) +
+            size_t col_start = col_kw + 9;  // strlen(", column ")
+            first = "at character " + first.substr(col_start, colon - col_start) +
                     " of the expression:" + first.substr(colon + 1);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/stdlib/string_impl.cpp b/src/stdlib/string_impl.cpp
index bd4a2e1b..adf5a336 100644
--- a/src/stdlib/string_impl.cpp
+++ b/src/stdlib/string_impl.cpp
@@ -440,6 +440,49 @@ interpreter::NaabVal StringModule::call(
             "  Example: string.index_of(\"hello\", \"ll\")  // 2\n"
         );
     }
+    // Names from JavaScript and Python that an LLM (or a person) reaches for.
+    // The generic "did you mean" picks by edit distance, which sent `slice`
+    // to split(); these say the equivalent directly.
+    if (function_name == "slice" || function_name == "substr") {
+        throw std::runtime_error(
+            "Unknown string function: " + function_name + "\n\n"
+            "  Did you mean: string.substring(s, start, end)? The end index is exclusive.\n"
+            "  Example: string.substring(\"hello\", 1, 3)  // \"el\"\n"
+        );
+    }
+    if (function_name == "includes") {
+        throw std::runtime_error(
+            "Unknown string function: includes\n\n"
+            "  Did you mean: string.contains()?\n"
+            "  Example: string.contains(\"hello\", \"ell\")  // true\n"
+        );
+    }
+    if (function_name == "padStart" || function_name == "padEnd" ||
+        function_name == "rjust" || function_name == "ljust") {
+        bool left = function_name == "padStart" || function_name == "rjust";
+        throw std::runtime_error(
+            "Unknown string function: " + function_name + "\n\n"
+            "  Did you mean: string." + std::string(left ? "pad_left" : "pad_right") +
+            "(s, width, fill)?\n"
+            "  Example: string." + std::string(left ? "pad_left" : "pad_right") +
+            "(\"7\", 3, \"0\")  // \"" + std::string(left ? "007" : "700") + "\"\n"
+        );
+    }
+    if (function_name == "trimStart" || function_name == "trimEnd" ||
+        function_name == "trimLeft" || function_name == "trimRight") {
+        throw std::runtime_error(
+            "Unknown string function: " + function_name + "\n\n"
+            "  Did you mean: string.trim()? It trims both ends.\n"
+            "  Example: string.trim(\"  hi  \")  // \"hi\"\n"
+        );
+    }
+    if (function_name == "replaceAll") {
+        throw std::runtime_error(
+            "Unknown string function: replaceAll\n\n"
+            "  Did you mean: string.replace()? It already replaces every occurrence.\n"
+            "  Example: string.replace(\"a-b-c\", \"-\", \"+\")  // \"a+b+c\"\n"
+        );
+    }
     if (function_name == "startsWith") {
         throw std::runtime_error(
             "Unknown string function: startsWith\n\n"
diff --git a/tests/parser/test_dogfood_hints.sh b/tests/parser/test_dogfood_hints.sh
index d423a768..9dec7f16 100755
--- a/tests/parser/test_dogfood_hints.sh
+++ b/tests/parser/test_dogfood_hints.sh
@@ -103,6 +103,46 @@ for case_ in "T-01:t_let:let (control)" "T-02:t_dict:dict literal value" "T-03:t
     fi
 done
 
+echo "=== I: interpolation parse errors report the column as a column ==="
+# #258 shifted the inner tokens to the string's FILE line (so runtime errors
+# inside ${...} point at the right line), which moved the inner parse error
+# off "line 1" -- and the rewrite to "character N of the expression" matched
+# only "line 1", so round 2 of repo-sentinel printed "Parser said: Parse error
+# at line 2, column 11": a file line paired with an offset inside ${...}.
+printf 'main {\n    let js = "x ${c.replace(/a/g, 1)} y"\n}\n' > "$WORK/i_line2.naab"
+out="$(run "" i_line2.naab)"
+case "$out" in
+    *"Parser said:  at character"*"of the expression"*)
+        if [[ "$out" == *"Parser said:  Parse error at line"* ]]; then
+            fail I-01 "still reports the inner parse error as a file line"
+        else
+            pass I-01 "string on line 2: the inner column is reported as a character offset"
+        fi ;;
+    *) fail I-01 "inner parse error not rewritten" "$(grep 'Parser said' <<<"$out")" ;;
+esac
+
+echo "=== S: string names from other languages point at the NAAb one ==="
+# F-007: `string.slice` suggested split() (edit distance). These say the
+# equivalent directly. S-00 is the control that a real function still works.
+# Match the suggestion itself ("Did you mean: string.X"): the old message
+# listed every function after "Available:", so a loose match on the name
+# passed S-01 on the build that suggested split().
+for case_ in "S-01:slice:string.substring" "S-02:includes:string.contains" \
+             "S-03:padStart:string.pad_left" "S-04:replaceAll:string.replace" \
+             "S-05:trimStart:string.trim"; do
+    id="${case_%%:*}"; rest="${case_#*:}"; fn="${rest%%:*}"; want="${rest#*:}"
+    printf 'use string\nmain {\n    print(string.%s("abc", 1, 2))\n}\n' "$fn" > "$WORK/s_$fn.naab"
+    out="$(run "" "s_$fn.naab")"
+    case "$out" in
+        *"Did you mean: $want"*) pass "$id" "string.$fn -> $want" ;;
+        *) fail "$id" "string.$fn gives no useful suggestion" "$(grep -m2 'Did you mean\|Error' <<<"$out")" ;;
+    esac
+done
+printf 'use string\nmain {\n    print(string.substring("hello", 1, 3))\n}\n' > "$WORK/s_ok.naab"
+out="$(run "" s_ok.naab)"
+if grep -qx 'el' <<<"$out"; then pass S-00 "control: string.substring still works"
+else fail S-00 "control: string.substring broke" "$(head -2 <<<"$out")"; fi
+
 echo ""
 echo "Results: $PASS passed, $FAIL failed"
 [ "$FAIL" -eq 0 ]