Spanglish
I don't speak Spanish. In addition, I don't speak broken English with a Spanish accent. This can cause problems. For example, on my recent trip to Miami, when we asked housekeeping for a rollaway "sleeper", we got an extra pair of slippers.
Earlier this week, I had to bring my car in for some routine maintenance. I live on a Metro station, so I just dropped off my car and took advantage of the dealership's shuttle service. My driver must not have had a valid license because he seemed to take every out-of-the-way, back road to get me to the station. The trip home took three times as long as it should have. To pass the time, the driver engaged me in conversation...Driver: You have keys?
Do they make Rosetta Stone Software for this?
Mel: Yes. I grabbed the keys I need.
Driver: How many keys you have?
Mel: Uhhhhhhh. I dunno. Four?
Driver: Four keys? Wow. In school?
Mel: No. I graduated a while ago.
Driver: No. Not you. Your keys.
Mel: What?
Driver: Your keys in school?
Mel: Oh, KIDS! I don't have any kids.
Driver: What?
Mel: No keys.
Driver: Oh.
4 Comments:
You've gotta learn the language, Mel!
10:20 PM
ahh mel - had one of these ın ıstanbul already.
strange turkısh man- what do you do?
me- İ work in educatıon
STM- kids?
me- yes, kids
STM- big and small?
me- small
STM- how many?
me- 35 to 40
STM- you have 30 kids!
12:14 PM
Here you go Mel. Send an email to them to see if they can add Spanglish to their growing list of languages.
http://www.rosettastone.com/en/individuals/customer-service
2:46 PM
hah. sleeper= slippers.
12:49 PM
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