Mind Your Language...

Viki, my flatmate from Hungary, speaks excellent English, but every so often she comes up with something that really makes me laugh (eg. "if someone says "can you get me flour?" how do you know if they mean for baking or a daffodil?").

However, a few days ago, she asked a question that I kind of begrudgingly admit was a good point...

It all stemmed from the fact that the Hungarian language doesn't have a "th" sound like we do, so it doesn't come naturally to her (I still like to get her to say "thistle" so I can giggle when she says "sissle" (sorry, Viki)), and one of the words she finds hardest is "booths".

Well, she came up with a new way to pluralise booth, following another rule. Her logic?

One tOOth, two tEEth
One gOOse, two gEEse
One fOOt, two fEEt

So... it's now...

One bOOth, two bEEth!

And I kinda had to admit she had a point!

Following On From Yesterday's "Born To Rock"...

I have been asked to point out that (in my brother's opinion) ENGLISH is clearly not my strongest subject either... because the old "1 + 1 = 2" is arithmetic, not maths... maths is all that "square on the hypotenuse" shit...

But I can categorically state that english IS my stronger subject... There's a "How Smart Are You?" quiz on the BBC website, and I got 19/20 when I did it today... and here's the proof!

BBC: Take The Test Here

Next week is a maths one... Think I'll give it a miss... lol.