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Tuesday, September 28, 2004

This weekend I got to hang out with my nephew, which is one of my favorite things in the world to do. He just started daycare/preschool, so he's picking up some English. Tho he's got a hilariously thick Spanish accent when he talks.
My sister sometimes gives him little quizzes. One day in the car she said, "¡Antonio! ¿Cómo se dice 'araña' en inglés?"
"Ethpeedare!" he shouted triumphantly.
"Very good," my sister replied, beaming at him.
"Good???" I said, not sure of the answer to that question myself. "What the hell did he say?"
"Spider," she said sheepishly. "I hope he loses that accent soon. What if he asks some girl out on a date when he's older, & he asks her if she wants to go see Ethpeedare-Man?"
I think the accent could be charming. It worked on my sister after all. Her husband Juan was telling me how much trouble he's had with the English word "squirrel." Before he mastered it he would always pronounce it skvee-rell. That's even less decipherable than ethpeedare.

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