Archives for April, 2009
Eggs y Conejos
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
Easter morning I went into work and Juan asked me, “Adrienne, why mucho eggs y… (he puts his index and middle finger up on each hand and holds a hand up to each side of his head), you know, the animal… conejos?” “Yea, bunnies… o, rabbits,” I reply, thinking about how funny the charades can [...]
Word Order
Thursday, April 9th, 2009
I am forever enthralled with language. With the pronunciation, the acquisition of language, and especially relationships between languages and the evolution and changing of languages. All aspects of language interest me.
Word order is a funny thing. It is hard to get used to when learning a new language and always feels wrong and unfamiliar. There [...]
We are toys…
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
From my sister:
Today in the car Caitlin said from the back seat, “Mama, there are giants playing with us.” I replied, “There are?” And she said, “Yes. We are actually their toys.”
Then I said, being clever, “Well then, tell the giant to pick us up and put us down in Florida.” She, never missing a [...]
Runaway
Monday, April 6th, 2009
I parked my car across the street around 1 AM the other night, gathered up my things, and started to make my way towards my house. I heard someone yell “Hey!” but ignored it and kept crossing the street. I didn’t even look back, not wanting to be bothered by whoever was wandering the neighborhood [...]