Sunday, November 4, 2007

Mailbox

'Mailbox' is a fun word for many of my students. They think that 'mail' sounds like 'mayo,' the Mandarin word for no. (Syllables aren't so important in their thinking.) The word sounds like 'no box' which is apparently hilarious. It's a way to speak Chinese under the guise that they're speaking English.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

What about this one? "Hold the mayo."