Saturday, November 8, 2008

Girl: a term of endearment

"What does Girl want"
"Girl, you want coffee"
"Girl drink it "

My name is Girl at Sarany's parent's house. At first I thought her mother didn't know my name. No . . . she knows my name, but in Cambodian culture if you are speaking to someone younger than yourself; its Boy or Girl.

Sarany and Lloyd have been calling me Girl ever since. "Girl wanna come to the pub" "Girl did you eat" "What is Girl going to do today."

This is almost as good as when PopPop forgot my name and called me Timothy for a day. My sister has been calling me Tim ever since. PopPop later corrected us at Christmas "Your name isn't Timothy, it's Tiffany." Yeah . . .I know PopPop.

RIP PopPop.

2 comments:

  1. I do the same thing to Dana. But I also make Girl put on a maid's outfit and sweep our floors. You're lucky only the former applies to you, girl.

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  2. St Lucian's were more excited than most American's that were there

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