So Moms has started taking Engrish classes on Mondays. Dad is slowly losing his mind. All day long all he hears is moms saying "AAAAAAA" ..."EEEEE".... "AEEEE"
Dad says he's lost his wife to AAAAAA EEEEEEE WOOOOODDDD FIIIIRREEE SAAALEEEE celll!!!
Trying to teach my mom the difference between f and v has been fun. Lucky for me I've taken linguistics so I'm using the linguistic method of language. What is that you ask? Well it's simple, you say a word, figure out where your tongue is and then figure out if air is coming out of your mouth. Yesterday I tried to show my mom the difference between f and v.
E: Mom open your mouth
M: Why?
E: Just do it.
M: aaaaaahhhhh
E: Okay. When you say "V" put your top teeth on your lower lip.
M: bbbbbb
E: No. No touching mouth together. Just top teeth on bottom lip.
M: ffffffff
E: Closer. Good. Okay. Now put your hand in front of your mouth.
M: FFFFFF
E: Okay. See how you can feel air coming out of your mouth?
M: Yeafff
E: Okay. For "V" you shouldn't feel any air. Here put your hand in front of my mouth. (at which point she covered my mouth and it took a while to show her what I wanted. Personally I think she was trying to smother me to death.
M: Oh. I see now. No air. Okay.. ffffff
E: No.... no air. vvvvv
M: fffbbbbbb
E: No, lips apart no air.
M: vvvvvv
E: Yeah!!! You got it! Now practice.
So now dad has moms motor boating while walking around the house. Instead of hearing "AAAAAAAAAAAAEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!" All day he's hearing: "BBBBBBBBBBBBBBFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFVVVVVVVVVVVVVV"
Motor boating mom! Oh yeah.
Also, just a disclaimer be careful when you're using the linguistic method for teaching engrish. I got bit 3 times by my mom, and you should know the person pretty well because they'll be sticking their hands in your mouth trying to figure out where you tongue is. Luckily I don't gag easily so I didn't puke on moms when she was trying to stuff both hands into my mouth to see where my tongue, teeth and lips were. LOL
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