That's Your Mother Tongue And Stuff
Last night I said to my friend, "Tell me how much money that cost for me to give you."
HUH? We both started cracking up, because a weird phenomenon happens to all of us here: you forget how to speak English like a native speaker, even though you've been doing it all your life. I think it's because most of us spend days and days not speaking to other native English speakers, and we develop our own slow, simple dialect of English to use for our students. Combine these two things, and voila, we sound like idiots. (What I was trying to say is, 'How much do I owe you?')
I was not able to get the pictures I wanted of the panty flags yesterday due to the rain, but I will try again later today. In the meantime, I wish you happy every day! (A favorite Chinglish phrase of ours.)
(The post title is from the movie The Sure Thing, with John Cusack. The full quotation is "You're failing English? That's your mother tongue and stuff!")
Comments
Perhaps writing "viola!" is another example.
I can see how the broken english would rub off....good luck with that. You made me laugh this morning though...take care, suz
(I love John Cusack Movies!!!)
BBS, I'm glad it made you laugh. We laugh about it, too. You have to focus on the humor here or you'll go crazy! Panty fangs in very funny! I wish I could post about that!
*grin*