July 20, 2005
Back Seat Questions of the Day
Back Seat Questions of the Day
The Boy: Mom, how do you say Alabama in German?
Me: I would assume they say Alabama [said with a slightly different, Germanic a-sound].
The Boy: Really?!? They say it the same way? How do you say Alabama in French?
Comments
That is precious!
Posted by: blair at July 20, 2005 03:16 PM"Le Alabam," of course. ;)
Posted by: Frazier at July 21, 2005 10:23 AMI'm guessing there would be alot of breathing in through the nose and "hmph's" before the actual French pronounciation.
Posted by: MarcV at July 21, 2005 11:01 AMNice that he didn't ask you about Tennessee, for example. That would stump me for sure!
Posted by: Lenise at July 21, 2005 02:12 PM
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