At five, I sat in the Chinese restaurant saying "ping, pang, pong" and thinking I was speaking their language. Then I thought the waiter got mad because I said someting bad.
A childhood belief about foreign languages
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
- The Chinese language just had three words: ching, chang, and chong.— MD Caruso
- I used to believe that people who were speaking foreighn languages were just speaking gibberish.— Zoe
- I used to believe that translating from language into language was only a matter of changing letters ! :) — EwS
- I thought the tip jar at the restaurant was so people could give the chef cooking tips for how to cook better.Anon