Moisi and Nadia (my parents)
My parents aren’t fluent in English. They immigrated to the U.S. in the late 40’s from Iran where they escaped to from Russia. Here are some of the things they say that we get a kick out of…
1. Cellkular Phone~ for Cellular Phone
2. Razorblades ~ for Rollerblades “Lana had bad accident with razorblades”
3. Fire Hydrogen ~ for Fire Hydrant “The fireman is outside checking hydrogens”
4. Pie Alamo ~ for Pie A la Mode
5. Crackpots ~ for Crockpots “Michelle got 3 Crackpots for wedding”
6. Mackadonian Macaronis ~ for Macadamia Nut Macaroons
7. They lived till they died.
8. He cussing us out!
9. Ah you ben drinkin? ~ for Have you been drinking?
10. Prayzz da Lowrd! ~ for Praise the Lord!
11. Whoorey! ~ for hurry.
12. Grills ~ for girls.
13. Shoezy ~ for shoes.
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That’s incredibly sweet!
I could easily imagine my friends and especially their parents who immigrated from our dying motherland in the same linguistic labyrinth.
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Aw, these are adorable. Especially Pie Alamo. And this reminded me how much I miss my own grandpa. He was an immigrant from Germany, shortly before WWII, and he used to tell me proudly how difficult it was to “ditch” his accent. The thing of it is, his accent was still so thick you could cut it with a knife! He was wonderful and I’d do anything to hear that accent again. (Thanks for visiting my TT)
How cute!
My mom is from Thailand. She’s been in America for 39 years and still says things cute like that too!
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Oh, and my son will get some of those on the list! Shhh…. we already have the Wii. 🙂
Well, that’s a hoot. It made sense to them. What a great post. Have a great TT. 🙂
Absolutely wonderful. Sweet and funny. Love it.
There’s something sweet about this – rather like the waitress dropping a tray of ice water down my father’s pants today at lunch!
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THey are sweet!
Very Sweet Post! I love Mackadonian Macaronis…What a hoot. Happy TT.
Fire hydrogen. What a mixture!
I think they’re very right here.
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They are simply adorable! This was one of my favorite TTs. Very sweet. 🙂
Very sweet. Happy TT!
Your parents look so nice. 🙂
Some of these take on a whole new meaning, like #2. Yikes!
Some of them had me laughing (in a good way, not poking fun at someone’s cute accent).
Love #7. My grandmother was often quoted saying “The only thing I HAVE to do, is die.” Now, I’m the one saying it!
LOL!! I can just here him 🙂
Those are wonderful!!
My mom, that has still an hard time talking in english, once ask at a restaurant, when I was about 10, for “a glass of water with no glass” . You have to understand that ice in french is glace, pronouve mostly about the same way as glass.
That is really sweet. I’ll be posting my TT in a few minutes.
Now that’s just delightful. I love Razorblades for Rollarblades. Their name is a bit more appropriate!
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My grandparents came from Russia as well. I think “Lived till they died” is a proverb from there.
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Oh those are so sweet, how adorable Ellen.
That was too cute! I loved it!!
Priceless!
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I got a couple of crackpots for my wedding too, but they were my in laws so I can’t even exchange them. 😆
Funny stuff. Towards the middle, I turned it into a game to see if I could figure it out before reading the meaning. I would have been freaked out to hear about a razorblading accident.
Sounds like my grandparents from Macedonia! Too cute!
A fave of mine is “engines” for “hinges”.
That is so funny! My mom is from Georgia (USA) and somehow she has a language of her own, too!
How very sweet and cute!
Great list. Your parents look very nice 🙂
What a sweet list. I like the crackpots…
My Hungarian grandmother used to have some funny ones too.
My inlaws are from Japan and they always say to my daughter on the phone “I rob you” instead of I love you.
Oh, cute! My mother-in-law speaks English very well, but sometimes her German accent shows. Like the time when my daughter was about 3, and playing Barbies with Oma. It took me the longest time to convince my daughter that what Barbie had on her head with her wedding gown was a “veil,” not a “whale.”
Well, Moisi did the best he could and made you laugh in the meantime! Just great, ellen!
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Awww how cute are they! I love that picture.
Very cute! The picture is great. 😀
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That is cute!! I loved accents, they are great to hear.
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How great that you have captured these words here! That’s a keeper for future generations. God bless.
Bless ’em. My late uncle was from Bavaria, and he used to come out with things like ‘banans’ (bananas), jo-gurt (yoghurt), and ‘I can’t phantom (fathom) it out’. Happy Thursday!
Thanks for my laugh for the day–how cute.
Gina
Sweet Picture of your parents…funny things, too!
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Your parents must be a constant source of delight and linguistic amusement, they certainly made me smile today!
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This is THE best 13 I’ve ever read..extremely sweet & heart-warming.
Just wonderful.
Aww…what a cute way to honor your parents. How incredibly hard to move to a new country where you don’t know the language and then have to deal with words that are just funny to begin with… your parents sound just darling. What a great TT!
that’s so cute. my grandparents are from yugoslavia and sometimes say funny things too. my grandpa calls an ipod a hi-pog. haha!
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Aw, that’s cute.
these are hilarious … I love them.
no 10 is a winner !
Those are sweet and make me smile. 🙂
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Very nice list. We had some like this with our neice growing up. My favorite is They lived til they died, because it reminds me of the quote, “I was born at a very young age.”
O.K. # 5, 6, & 7 made me almost pee my pants.
This is clever–great list. And sweet too-somehow I’m sure I’d like your parents.
Love it!
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some of these are really cute. what a sweet list.
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