Wednesday, December 07, 2005

here's what's wrong with french people

ok, substitute "french" with "chinese", and "people" with "food".

my fortune cookie tonight was attempting to teach me chinese. a nice gesture, but i'm probably not going to get very far in the language, i'm guessing. i didn't learn english until i was 7.

anyway, it says:

Automobile
Qi-che

how in god's name does that help me pronounce this word? is it kee-chay, or kwee-chee, or what? looks more like quiche to me, but i'm assuming that's not right. did i spell quiche right? if i didn't, i don't care. i'm not looking it up. i'm talking about that dish that has eggs in it.

also, if they're going to teach me a word, is that really a word i'm going to need? that's like teaching me the word "unicorn". i think that's the first time i've even TYPED the word unicorn.

if a chinese guy came up to you and said any sentence with the word "automobile", you'd laugh your ass off. at least inside. who says "automobile"?

1 comment:

Kenny said...

Quiche is spelled right. It's also made by French people. I was hoping you were going to actually tell us what was wrong with them. Also, my fortune the other night was, "Ancient Chinese civilization attract you." Needless to say, I was livid. What the hell kind of fortune is that?! It's not even a correct sentence!