Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Ways My Daughter Is A Little Bit Chinglish

When she pretends to talk on the phone, she says "Wei? Wei?" (this is how a Chinese person answers the phone).

Purses are called "Bao" (bag in Chinese).

All children of Asian descent are referred to by her as "Meimei" (Little sister in Chinese).

One night I was particularly proud of myself for managing to cook lassagna for dinner (a difficult and expensive meal to make over here). Lizbeth would barely taste it. We finally resulted in giving her left over Chinese food my helper had made.

Dogs are called "Doudou". It is a combination of "dog" and the Chinese word for dog, "gou".

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