Re: Regionalisms

[Nita Garcia <Nitagarcia@AOL.COM>]

Hello to all:

The "regionalisms" thread has been a most interesting one.  I've had such a
wonderful time that I have reread many of the posts!

It has made me remember and laugh about how many times I have misunderstood
idiomatic expressions, and regionalisms when I was first learning English.
The ones I remember the most are, of course, the most embarrassing and less
apt for sharing, so I won't.

If people who were born in the same country, have different names for the
same things, and pronounce words with accents difficult to understand by all,
in a language that by its own nature is difficult to learn, imagine what it
is like for a foreign born person.

It has been great fun in the lighthearted spirit in which is has been shared.

Nita Garcia
Media Specialist
Greenglade Elementary
Miami, Florida
nitagarcia@aol.com

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