Since the moment we met, MrPea and I sometimes misunderstand each other. My husband's first language is French and he speaks excellent English, but with a beautiful accent and I have a barely there southern accent(that I can turn off and on)-so sometimes I have no idea about one or two words he's using and vice versa. I can't yell as loud as I used to and he doesn't yell or speak loud at all so it's more frequent lately. As always, I was on the phone with my sister, Neenee, last night. Here's a little snippet of our conversation:
Neenee: "Hey, you should watch Primetime tonight. They're doing a segment on hoarding."
Me yelling to MrPea in the next room: "Can you record Primetime for me? It's about hoarding, you know, that's what my mom sort of does!"
MrPea: "Huh?"
Me(impatiently): "Hoarding! Hoarding! I'd like to learn more about it so I can try to help my mom with her hoarding!"
.....................................................pause of silence...................................................................................
MrPea(slowly): "I'm sorry, can you say that again?"
This is what he heard: "Can you record Primetime for me? It's about whoring, you know that's what my mom does.....Whoring! Whoring! I'd like to learn more about it so I can try to help my mom with her whoring!"
I'm so sorry, Mommy-I would never say that, I would never even think it! It was him! Him! Not me!
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Thursday, January 18, 2007
She said-She said-He heard
Her Royal Highness
LittlePea
at
12:15 PM
2
of my peeps wanna say something
Labels: language barriors, MrPea, my f-ing voice, Neenee
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