My uncle is an Eskimo. While here in the lower 48, he was asked to recite the numbers in "eskimo". Since he was put in the white schools and was punished for speaking his native language, he never retained the language. So someone out there believed him when he started counting.... one-uk, two-uk, three-uk.......
A childhood belief about counting
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if I spoke with whatever accent a language was in, I was speaking that language...— Renae
- I used to believe that anyone speaking a foreign language translated it into english in their head— galen
- I used to believe that translating from language into language was only a matter of changing letters ! :) — EwS
- I used to think that my aniamls were going to talk to me but i still think that they have their own language.— Jane Rom
- I used to believe opera singing was a language all its own.— Rachel
- i thought grown ups read in a different language!Anon