This essay touches upon the language learning experience. Not conducting life in one's native tongue, inevitabley leads to some very interesting twists – to say in the least.
“Young breast wheel,” my colleague announced, as she read Google’s
Thai-to-English translation of words from the computer screen – it struck me that her pronunciation might be a bit-off. I asked her to repeat, and again the nonsensical phrase “young breast wheel” was what I heard, and what I kept hearing because she continued to repeat it over and over, and louder and louder – completely unaware of the silly word combo – as I hurriedly crossed the room and came to her side. And wouldn’t you know it...
