And then I realized the joke was on me
So I just came from my weekly web tutorial with the Mistake and the following conversation took place. Please remember that this woman is a colleague. Also remember she is trying to get young students to use english properly.
Bunni: So you'll never guess what a student just asked me.
Mistake: What?
Bunni: This student comes in and asks if the word eunuch-ize is correct.
Mistake: Eunuch-ize?
Bunni: Yeah like as in eunuch-ize a eunuch.
Mistake: What's a eunuch?
Bunni: A castrated man. You know, he would guard the harems in like Arabian Nights and other tales.
Mistake: Spell it for me.
Bunni: E-U-N-U-C-H
Mistake looks it up in dictionary.
Mistake: Says here it's a noun. So no.
Bunni has abandoned all hope that the Mistake will even begin to see the humor in this situation. Simply shakes her head and abandons the joke.
Mistake: Besides, eunuch-ize a eunuch is repetitive.
Bunni: Yes, yes it is.
Mistake: I'm so lucky. All my students, all A's. I've got an A bunch.
Bad Bunni posted at
10/07/2003 04:11:00 PM |