“Leave the peach cobbler in the kitchen alone,” mother would say, going upstairs.
Fredesque – @FredTaming1
But I couldn’t help myself. I sneaked in and watched him.
Watched him make his stupid peach shoes, taunting.
“Nobody’s going to wear those I’d say. “They’re stupid.”
But he worked on.
In honour of my American guest this week, this post is all about the amusing differences between our shared language in our respective countries. English and American-English.
I first went to California in 2005. Twenty years old, adventurous, confident, intrepid and only somewhat reckless; I hopped on a plane with a cheap ticket and flew out to San Francisco alone (save for my green friend Weebahpu who travelled in my carry on). On the other side I met my Californian college friends and had the best week of my life. I loved it so much and the people I met out there, I was back again the following year.
This year (nearly 19 years after my first visit to the States) I was blessed to be able to return the hospitality I experienced out there by hosting a lovely young adventurer – the 21 year old daughter of one of my good friends from California, with whom I have kept in contact with all these years.
It’s been a wonderful week with, many laughs over our different words and phrases indeed!
- Fred Taming on X (Twitter) online 15 Jan 2019 https://x.com/FredTaming/status/1085136736538243072?lang=en accessed 11 sep 2024 ↩︎