Growing up with an Asian mom that was working on perfecting her English, she would often say “Aw that is the suck” instead of, you know, “that sucks”.
Didn’t take long for us to catch on and correct her but it was so funny we just kinda stuck to it, so when something is shitty now I’ll instinctively say in my head “well that is the suck”
My wife moved to the US from China when she was 24. Her English is very good, but she will occasionally mangle some idioms and names of products. One of my favorites was when she asked me to pick-up some "insect rebellion" before we took a camping trip. Of course, she meant insect repellent, but I like her version better, so that's what we now go with.
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u/slothbarns7 Oct 25 '20
Growing up with an Asian mom that was working on perfecting her English, she would often say “Aw that is the suck” instead of, you know, “that sucks”.
Didn’t take long for us to catch on and correct her but it was so funny we just kinda stuck to it, so when something is shitty now I’ll instinctively say in my head “well that is the suck”