Friday, October 10, 2008

The Language Gap

Matthias has been learning English in school.  He recently brought home something I don't think he learned from the teacher.  He brought home the good ol' one finger salute.  He thinks the phrase "in your face" goes with it.  He happily flipped everyone off in the house including the baby, proud of his new knowledge.  

Flipping the bird doesn't have the same gravitas here as it does in the US.  I can just hope this is something he quickly discards.  I'm afraid that if I make too big a deal of it, it will only encourage the behaviour.

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