Here we go – my family’s most recent “bilingual moments” and funny conversations. (Be sure to share your recent funny conversations in comments!)
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Tracy: Police officers in England don’t use firearms and you never hear about mass murders there, do you?
Carlos: What about Jack the Stripper?
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Tracy: [picks up a ghost-shaped Halloween cookie] Booooooooo!
Carlos: [picks up a pumpkin-shaped cookie] Booooooo!
Tracy: Um, no.
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Tracy: He wants K.D.’s for his birthday.
Carlos: What?
Tracy: K.D.’s, it’s a type of fancy Nike shoe named after the basketball player Kevin Durant.
Carlos: Kevin Duran? Is he Latino?
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Carlos: I have sarpullido.
Tracy: What’s that?
Carlos: That’s how you call rash in El Salvador – sarpullido.
Tracy: Oh, that’s so cute. Sapollido because when a person is rashy they get bumpy like a sapo!
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“You’re lucky I’m phone-lingual.”
– My 17 year old son [who owns an iPhone] after I asked him to figure out something on my Android
Jaja! I love these. It reminds me of when my husband and I were first dating and he asked me to do something and I said ” no way Jose” and he said “who’s Jose?!” 😂😂😂
Jajajaja! How cute!
I love these. Nothing like being bilingual/bicultural to understand the nuances of language and meaning.
I still laugh when I think of your “passing the vacuum” comment!
I find pumpkins scary!!
He does have a point about the first one, though. But yeah… guns don’t help. Never. Ever.
Those are great!! You’ve inspired me to keep a little journal of all the funny bilingual/bicultural things that come up in our home too (my husband is also from E.S.) :) two of my favorites: “Shooterio” – he thought that’s how you said a shooting.
And this conversation from a time we went to the zoo: We were walking to the zoo entrance and my husband asked, “They sell pupusas here, right?” I informed him that no, they didn’t. He seemed shocked and asked, “Why not?” I laughed, “Because we’re not in El Salvador, baby.” His dismay was apparent, and I heard him mutter, “Entonces no es un zoo.”
Aww, I can just imagine his disappointment. Love that you’re going to keep a journal of bilingual moments!