12.18.06

Hocchei

Posted in kids, language at 10:23 am

I just finished checking our daughter’s homework. She had to write a story of a conversation between her and the Christmas tree. I came across this word that I hadn’t see before: hocchei. Very few words in Italian begin with an “h,” so I knew something wasn’t right.

I asked Chloe what she meant, and she said, “You know, like when they say o-kay” It then dawned on me that she had phonetically spelled the English word “OK,” which Italians use all the time. I told her how to spell “OK” and that it was an English word, and she was surprised.

My kids really do speak Italian well…

2 Comments »

  1. Cliff said,

    12.19.06 at 7:31 am

    You better get back here fast before they forget English.

  2. Emily said,

    12.23.06 at 7:43 pm

    That’s hilarious. I love your kids!

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