Nanny: Mer..... (while playing with mountain boy)
Me: What's "mer"?
Nanny: That's the sound the cows make.
Me: Issit? Don't they go "moooo"?
Nanny: that's how the china cows do it.
Me: Uhm....
Another conversation on a different day.
Nanny: ker ker ker... (While pointing at the rooster)
Me: The english rosters go "cockadoodledoo....."
Nanny: really? they do that? u mean the ones in ur country make that sound?
Me: Errr.... YAaaaahhh......
7 comments:
Haha. I like her replies!
That's what we call cultural difference. Can't blame them, they didn't have the exposure to english children's rhymes/stories so the sounds they make are quite literal. In fact, rather spot on!
hobomobo> funny thing is she really thot the angmoh chickens make a different sound.
actually... quite damn funnie!
SAF
Youre funny. How did you learn English so well.
And apparently the dogs in China goes: Wang Wang Wang!
SAF> hello! yah sometime i dunno wht goes on in my nanny's head.
Anonymous> a tiny red dot called Singapore!
Judebabe> YAH!! u know when i see a dog i tell Mountain boy, "look, wang wang wang"... i am china-fied.
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