Commonly mispronounced words

Shawnee123 · 01-26-2007, 01:45 PM

Good point! When I was young and working in the local farm market, a woman from India, speaking broken English, asked my friend "Where have you bean?" My friend was like "uh, well, er, I've been right here, I guess." She finally figured out to point her towards the beans.

She assumed that the woman's accent was why she pronounced how we say been as bean, but couldn't for the world figure out why the lady cared where she had been.

01-26-2007, 01:45 PM	#11
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Good point! When I was young and working in the local farm market, a woman from India, speaking broken English, asked my friend "Where have you bean?" My friend was like "uh, well, er, I've been right here, I guess." She finally figured out to point her towards the beans. She assumed that the woman's accent was why she pronounced how we say been as bean, but couldn't for the world figure out why the lady cared where she had been. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

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