No, grandma, I dun won foo. |
 Apr 25 2008, 06:34 PM
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 That's what she said.  Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,559 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 130,200  |
This goes out to everybody who has parents or grandparents or any form of relative that doesn't speak english too well. Do you ever find yourself speaking "engrish" with them (even though we can speak fluent english) because you think that they won't understand if you do speak in english?
For example: Grandma: Where you go today? Jane: I play basketbon with fren. 
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Apr 25 2008, 06:35 PM
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 sleep now, moon Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 2,540 Joined: May 2007 Member No: 526,212 |
I alternate between languages when talking to my parents, but I don't give myself a fobby accent.
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Apr 25 2008, 07:13 PM
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 <joke> inside </joke> Group: Official Member Posts: 2,283 Joined: Oct 2006 Member No: 470,590 |
QUOTE(sparrowdust @ Apr 25 2008, 07:35 PM)  I alternate between languages when talking to my parents, but I don't give myself a fobby accent. yea, same here. one time we were at daffy's and we were speaking in nepali but we had a coupla english words mixed in. this lady comes up to us and starts laughing hysterically. then she goes "do you guys know your speaking english inside of your other language?!" or something along those lines. it was hilarious 
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