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, 08:07 PM
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My friend doesn't speak Cantonese very well (or, at all), but that's all her grandma can speak. And it's accented Cantonese too, but I'm not sure where she's from. Anyway, it's sad because she needs my help when talking to her own grandmother. It always takes me like 5 seconds to realize what she's saying because of the accent. I talk to her in normal Cantonese though, but much slower and much more cheerful that usual.
With my mom, though, when I'm trying to explain something, sometimes I attempt to speak Cantonese so she can understand better, but I usually give up and speak English really fast. Thank goodness that my mom can understand my English well. Conversational Cantonese is no problem though. |
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LoveToMySilas No, grandma, I dun won foo. Apr 25 2008, 06:34 PM
sparrowdust I alternate between languages when talking to my p... Apr 25 2008, 06:35 PM
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