Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Teaching "English"

The state offices took the interns to an appreciation dinner last night at an Italian place near Taipei 101. I wouldn't say the food rocked my world - squid ink pasta, anyone? - but it was fun to converse with the local interns. They're very curious about how we do things in the good ol' USA, and last night afforded Kili, Cyndy, and I the opportunity to teach them some important expressions. If you see a Taiwanese girl in the states anytime soon, here's what she might be saying:

1. That's WACK
2. Keep it on the DL
3. Sketchy/Shady
4. Tight/Sweet
5. Let's BOUNCE!
6. PEACE OUT homie.
7. My Bad
8. Sexiled
9. Fugly
10. Mind's in the gutter

One of the girls took careful notes, and I think we've made a lasting impact on her vocabulary. A change for the better, I'd say.

Now I've got to PEACE OUT and get to work!

2 comments:

  1. you didn't teach her JOKES???

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  2. hahaha helen corrupting the world one taiwanese girl at a time. how did the task with the wooden window or whatever work out from the previous post? sorry I don't comment as much as I should but I honestly love this blog more than life itself. keep eating that meet girl JOKES

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