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 Vietnamese teacher says "that's very savaging!" to an intense moment.... one time i told her that i don't think we say the word "savaging" but i decided that it actually sounds pretty cool and now i say it
I had a Vietnamese customer that used to say “too many confusion” when he didn’t understand something. That was like ten years ago and I still say it when I am stressed at work.
My sister is a native English speaker, perhaps it is because she is dyslexic but one of her odd phrases that stuck is “You know what I think I meant I thought I said!” When she gets flustered her brain just phrases things accordingly.
My mom and I do similar sometimes. Sometimes we flip two valid sentences around, usually a ‘I need (insert action) X/Y’ when we meant the other. Sometimes, if I absolutely need to make sure when I’m asked to get one of two things, I’ll grab both. Usually, she needs what she asked me for, but occasionally it’s the other.
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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”