Sunday, October 4, 2009

Language Discombobulation



Hi all,
During the 7th grade I made use of a new word I'd learned over the summer "Discombobulated" (confused/mixed up). I used it casually (and with the correct pronunciation, Nate) in conversation and endured a day of hell from a classmate who at first thought I'd insulted him, and then couldn't find it in the dictionary and then accused me of both making it up and (?) reading the dictionary. Ahh, junior high. However, I have digressed...

I Dreamed a Dream...
Last night where I found myself back in Regensburg. It was confusing with people dropping randomly, and going to random events. I think my poor brain is so overloaded in hearing all this Turkish, that it's sending me back to Bayern, where I couldn't understand Bavarian. Or, it could be that I'm so excited to go and visit Regensburg that I'm escaping to it in my dreams! Could be a long time until December...!

Language Abuse
Today I was working with K with some flashcards. His mom told me they're learning about school things, so she weeded through a flash card set they have and gave me about 15 to work on with him. He didn't really want to at first, but gained interest when I told him he could teach me the Turkish word equivalent. His eyes lit up and for the first 10 minutes he was hooked. However, one time, after failing again to correctly pronounce the Turkish word, he got an evil gleam in his eye. On the next word, he couldn't keep a straight face as he told me the Turkish word...and then he told me a different one. I said "I don't think so..." and he collapsed giggling. His mother agreed that I should probably double check words with G from now on...lol.

As American As...
Chocolate chip cookies! HM managed to find the ingredients (or as close to as possible...their chocolate chips are shaped a bit differently and they use vanilla sugar instead of extract, and a dry brown sugar...) except the baking soda. Never fear, I brought my own! I did forget measuring cups, but I'm on that. Anyhow, I made the dough today, and so they're ready to bake tomorrow. (It's a trick I learned from a great nytimes article. Using butter gives it the best taste, but usually causes them to be really runny. Refridgerating them at least 24 hours - though 36 is optimal I think - causes them to absorb the butter better and gives a better texture!)

Anyhow, that's about it for now...
Hope all is well,
Steph

1 comment:

scgustaf said...

yum... chocolate chip cookies ~ can I come for chai?