Does your wife or girlfriend have any creative English word use?

pczz · Post by **pczz** » Sat Feb 09, 2019 1:15 am

RickyBobby wrote: ↑Sun Jan 27, 2019 12:34 pm Mine thinks its funny to swear in English. Ive been a bad influence on her. Of course, she only talks like that with me but I've created a monster.

I like the Khmenglish economy of words. "I go now" instead of "Ok, I am going to go now,"

Eh what? when I am going to go i just say "bye". Does that make me more economical than a khmer?

xandreu · Post by **xandreu** » Sat Feb 09, 2019 1:29 am

I'm not sure if this fits in this particular thread, because I'm talking about a young student of mine, as opposed to wife or girlfriend, but when I read the title about a creative use of English, this did spring to mind.

So, one of the subjects I teach is Science, and we were learning about pollution. We'd already covered emissions from cars and motorbikes, and how electricity is generated, and as a final question I asked if anyone could tell me anything else which makes the air dirty.

They all sat in silence for a while, staring at the ceiling, trying to think, tapping their pencils on their tables, when my star pupil put his hand up.

"Yes.." I eagerly pointed to him...

"A fart?"

I think it was the very, very serious /quizzical look on his face as he said it which said "Is that what you mean?" which doubled me over in stitches. I could not stop laughing.

Very unprofessional, I know. But moments like that make my job so worthwhile.

Joker Poker · Post by **Joker Poker** » Sat Feb 09, 2019 7:32 am

We were walking in the rain last week with an umbrella. As the rain eased, she told me to 'turn off the umbrella!' Had a good laugh with that one.

explorer · Post by **explorer** » Sat Feb 09, 2019 12:29 pm

It is common for people to say "open the light."

In Khmer, baag can mean: "open" a door, "turn on" a light, or "drive" a car.

timmydownawell · Post by **timmydownawell** » Sat Feb 09, 2019 3:59 pm

xandreu wrote: ↑Sat Feb 09, 2019 1:29 am I'm not sure if this fits in this particular thread, because I'm talking about a young student of mine, as opposed to wife or girlfriend, but when I read the title about a creative use of English, this did spring to mind.

So, one of the subjects I teach is Science, and we were learning about pollution. We'd already covered emissions from cars and motorbikes, and how electricity is generated, and as a final question I asked if anyone could tell me anything else which makes the air dirty.

They all sat in silence for a while, staring at the ceiling, trying to think, tapping their pencils on their tables, when my star pupil put his hand up.

"Yes.." I eagerly pointed to him...

"A fart?"

I think it was the very, very serious /quizzical look on his face as he said it which said "Is that what you mean?" which doubled me over in stitches. I could not stop laughing.

Very unprofessional, I know. But moments like that make my job so worthwhile.

Haha, but you could have continued, "Actually yes. For example in NZ the flatulence from sheep and cattle is one of the leading contributors to greenhouse gases there..."

And besides, farting is always funny. Especially if you do it as you exit a lift.

Duncan · Post by **Duncan** » Sat Feb 09, 2019 5:14 pm

timmydownawell wrote: ↑Sat Feb 09, 2019 3:59 pm
xandreu wrote: ↑Sat Feb 09, 2019 1:29 am I'm not sure if this fits in this particular thread, because I'm talking about a young student of mine, as opposed to wife or girlfriend, but when I read the title about a creative use of English, this did spring to mind.

So, one of the subjects I teach is Science, and we were learning about pollution. We'd already covered emissions from cars and motorbikes, and how electricity is generated, and as a final question I asked if anyone could tell me anything else which makes the air dirty.

They all sat in silence for a while, staring at the ceiling, trying to think, tapping their pencils on their tables, when my star pupil put his hand up.

"Yes.." I eagerly pointed to him...

"A fart?"

I think it was the very, very serious /quizzical look on his face as he said it which said "Is that what you mean?" which doubled me over in stitches. I could not stop laughing.

Very unprofessional, I know. But moments like that make my job so worthwhile.
Haha, but you could have continued, "Actually yes. For example in NZ the flatulence from sheep and cattle is one of the leading contributors to greenhouse gases there..."

And besides, farting is always funny. Especially if you do it as you exit a lift.

I have always wondered if that story was total bullshit. As someone who has experienced standing behind 200 plus milking cows twice a day in a milking shed, I dont believe one bit of it.

Arget · Post by **Arget** » Sat Feb 09, 2019 5:52 pm

Yep agree on that. If it were true our shearing shed would have exploded with a shed full of sheep and another lot penned underneath when it rained so we could get a full day in. Everyone smoked back then.

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