Thursday, September 29, 2011

lost in translation

Yesterday in class:

Cute little Norwegian kid looks at a fat russian girl and says: "You're fat."
Russian girl just looks at him and smiles. Clearly, she doesn't understand.
I say, "Hey! Why would you say that? She's not fat."
Cute little Norwegian kid looks at her, looks at me, and says "Yes, she is."
Me: " That's not nice! What should you say to her?"
Cute little Norwegian kid looks at the fat russian girl, and then looks at me, then to her and says "Why you so fat?"

That's not quite what I was looking for. The fat little russian girl just smiles and has no idea what is happening. I was trying really hard not to laugh at their honesty/miscommunication.

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