During English camp I learned a few new Chinese words from the kids. It is interesting, someone pointed out to me, that when a foreigner in America speaks English we don't think anything of it. We expect it. However, here in Taiwan I say "Ne-how" and they exclaim among themselves in surprise how good I did. All I did was say hello...
So this funny little kid taught me how to say spongebob squarepants and when I repeated the word my whole class erupted into excited chatter; " She speaks Chinese!!". Later I found out that the boy teaching me used a strange "hillbilly" country Chinese accent and was teaching me wrong just for fun. So my Chinese vocabulary has gone back down to "hello" and "spongebob squarepants". I don't find the latter too particularly helpful in everyday life but my kids think it's rather hilarious. haha
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You've got to figure out who the trouble makers are. Aren't there some more important Chinese words you should be learning other than "Spongebob Squarepants?"
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