i know i know - i have been a bit remiss in my blogging. but things have been busy. and anyway, i never wanted this site to be a "diary", so i'll spare you all the banal details of why my life has been so busy. what i really came here for is to say:
i don't know why they do it, but asian parents put the article "the" in front of everything. for example (and these are real examples):
"did you get my forward about the antarctica?"
"do you live on the street with the gays?" (sorry sorry, nothing malicious meant by this...that's just what happens)
"let's go shopping at the nordstroms!"
...etc. etc. does anyone know why? i don't. but it's cute. and it makes me laugh.
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I guess this isn't limited to Asian parents. The Anglo-ESPN reporter doing pregame coverage for the Superbowl just said "We've polled the world [about who's going to win today's game], from the Amazon to the Sudan to Outer Mongolia."
And who could forget: "I believe that our education like such as in South Africa and the Iraq everywhere like, such as and...I believe that they should, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., or should help South Africa and should help the Iraq..."
Okay, I guess those examples are pretty similar. Maybe people get nervous when referring to Muslim countries and add the article to attach importance?
oh...berenzino. so wise. i meant ARTICLE, not participle. i'm changing that immeditely.
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