Leave it to students. You know, if it weren't for them I probably wouldn't be teaching. They make my days worthwhile because they come up with some of the weirdest things to say. It probably doesn't help that I have foreign language as my subject, which means all of the words they see are new words which need pronunciation practice, but still, they manage to find some new way to create comedy.
For example, Meet "Ñ" (en-yay), or the "n" with a tilde over it. This is a famous Spanish character and is used in words like "niño" (little child), "baño" (bathroom), and montaña (mountain). However, I've learned students don't actually like saying "tilde" and are semi-okay with saying the letter "ñ" (en-yay). Sometimes I'll pull a Jeff Dunham and call the accent mark a "chik-a" and the tilde a "nya". They seem to enjoy a short laugh as a result.
However, my new favorite, is a gift from a student of mine the other day. When saying "ñ" as I was spelling out the word for him in Spanish, he said "What?" and then proceeded to say "ooooh", and as he drew the tilde over the "n" he said "the what what". Needless to say, I also said "What?" and furrowed my eyebrows and stared at him bewildered. He had no idea he said it based on his blank stare and when I repeated his words laughter ensued. Yay teenagers.
So, dear Jeff Dunham, if you could from now on insert the "what what" into your José Jalepeño on a Stick sketch it would be greatly appreciated. Just be sure to give credit to my student! :-) Thank you Spanish language for giving us the "what what".
It says that you have written a book what is it called? Thats really cool i want to be an author. or a photographer both Probably its all art but i love music...hmmm wait oh yeah the book..
ReplyDeleteoo! The book. It's finished and I'm working on doing the final edit. I will absolutely write about it when it gets published! Definitely stay tuned!
ReplyDeleteWhen do you plan on your book being published? What is it's genre?
ReplyDeleteIdeally, I'm hoping to have it published by the end of the summer. It's a bit of a memior meets narrative fiction. It's a bit of an insight into what it's like to recover from an eating disorder with a comical twist/main character
ReplyDeleteohh yeah i know what its like to recover from one of those....but the book sounds great! you should definitely get it published!
ReplyDeleteWhat was it like having an eating disorder? Why did it start?
ReplyDeleteThose are two very good questions, and a short response hear doesn't do either of them justice. However, I will say that they are torturous and complicated and often credited to more than just one root reason. The best way I can explain is to say I hope you have a chance to read my book when it comes out because that's what the book is for. I promise to keep you posted on when it will be available online. It's in the process of being published!!
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