Fun with English

First of all, I’d like to make clear that I think Czarina is doing an amazing job of learning English. I am amazed at how well she reads at times. However, there is still a lot she doesn’t know. . .

When you need to find someone to relay a message for you, it is not necessarily a good idea to ask the person who is just learning English to do it.

Czarina will get off the phone with her friend Masha, also from Russia, and tell me something that Masha’s mom wants me to know. It usually makes no sense to me whatsoever.

So, I will call Masha’s mom and what she tells me is NOTHING like what Czarina was saying.

A few weeks ago, Prince Charming decided that he and I would drive separately to church Sunday night, because he needed to stay late to help count the collection money.

He forgot to tell me this until it was time to go. I was in the bathroom and Prince Charming told Czarina, “Go tell Mom that Fatso & I are leaving for church.”

Czarina called through the bathroom door, “It’s time to go!” As far as she was concerned, she had relayed Prince Charming’s message.

Well, I knew it was time to go. I grabbed my purse and Bible and ran out the door, locking it behind me.

And realized Prince Charming’s car wasn’t there.

And my car keys were locked in the house. Because I didn’t need them, because Prince Charming always drives the family to church.

Only Prince Charming had already left. Did I mention my house keys were also locked in the house?

I sat down with my cell phone and attempted to call Prince Charming while Hoodie Girl ran around the house trying to find a way in. First call, wrong number. Second call, right number, no answer. Of course Prince Charming is going to turn his Blackberry off before he goes into church. Hoodie Girl ran back around the house and said all the doors are locked, all windows closed.

Czarina asked, “Doesn’t Space Cadet have key?”

Duh. Of course Space Cadet has a key to the house. So Space Cadet let me in, and I got my keys, and we were only a few minutes late for church.

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I had neglected to put the sun shades up in the car while we were at the pool.

I said, “Wow, the steering wheel is hot.”

Czarina asked, “WHAT didge ya say?”

I said, “The steering wheel is hot.”

“What didge that?”

I pointed to the steering wheel. “This is a steering wheel.”

Czarina whispers something to Hoodie Girl, and they both laugh.

Hoodie Girl said, “Mom, Czarina thought you said `Mr. Will is hot!'” (Mr. Will being a friend from church). More peals of laughter.

And yes, I am trying to teach Czarina that didge is not a word.


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So what did you do at the library?

I on the computer.

What did you do on the computer?

I went to that web-site, you know with the brown guy. The brown guy with the Underdog. Remember?

Umm, not really.

Singing the song. With the raven. The brown guy. Oh, never mind.

I later figured out that the "brown guy" she was talking about was Kyle Massey, who is in "That's So Raven" and sings a song at the end of the "Underdog" movie. I still don't know what website she was talking about.