That Was Quick

Three words, in that order, you never want to hear from the lady in your life. Well, I suppose any other order wouldn’t work, unless she was Yoda - “Mmmm, quick that was”. And that’s just disturbing. Luckily she was just referring to my time in the shower and I skilfully explained that, yes, it is possible to be cleansed in the shower in under an hour.

However it got me thinking once again on the whole English language “thing”. I have a book (thanks Brooke) called “Free Drinks For Ladies With Nuts” that celebrates mangled English (Manglish) from around the world. Some examples include:

Youth Hostile $10/nite.
Dry cleaners: Drop your trousers here for best results.

OK, they weren’t great, but made me smile. My wife’s American, so we have a lot of language differences, in fact Britain and America are often described as being “separated by a common language”. I go the toilet, she goes the bathroom (”What, for a bath?” - never gets old that one….), whilst an aubergine is an eggplant. On that subject I think we should rename lots of fruit and vegetables based on their shape or colour, although might get a little tricky around the peach/apple/orange area.

For more technical details on the differences, go here, and for an incomplete (and occasionally misspelt) list, go here.