My sister, who was born in Germany, was in kindergarten in the US, and had the following exchange:
*teacher shows a picture of a cow* *all the students say, "It's a cow!"*
*teacher shows a picture of a house* *all the students say, "It's a house!"*
*teacher shows a picture of a helicopter* *all the students say, "It's a helicopter!" Except my sister*
*my sister says, "It's a hubschrauber!"* because my folks thought that was a nifty word. And that's what we all learned that that was what those were. Even me, and I was born in the US.
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Date: 2012-01-20 04:14 am (UTC)*teacher shows a picture of a cow* *all the students say, "It's a cow!"*
*teacher shows a picture of a house* *all the students say, "It's a house!"*
*teacher shows a picture of a helicopter* *all the students say, "It's a helicopter!" Except my sister*
*my sister says, "It's a hubschrauber!"* because my folks thought that was a nifty word. And that's what we all learned that that was what those were. Even me, and I was born in the US.