This evening at the cafe I gave Dorjee an impromptu English lesson: how to pronounce "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious." Lacking an iPod to play the song for him, I had to settle for printing off the lyrics. He absolutely mastered the word but got a little too ambitious in trying in the same night to take on "antidisestablishmentarianism." But he asked for the longest word I knew.
In turn, I tried to learn the traditional Tibetan greeting for the new year: I got as far as "Tashi Delek" (good wishes), which is kind of cheating anyway, because I already knew that much. It's how to say 'hello.' But the entire greeting goes on for about four breaths. If you say it fast.
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How about peripatetic? That is a good word!
How about teaching them the use of "dude" and "like"? Then you could pawn them off on Jessica.
Finally got your grandfather to your blog. Don't know why he couldn't get to it before - something about "Google never heard of it" so I didn't ask anymore...Saw a picture you took of the Dali Lama (sp?) at Jessica's WOW! You need to be a photographer. Happy Thanksgiving! Like your mom - why facebook?? You have old people who want to see things...oh, I get it never mind...
Love, Patty
It's not that I have anything too too bad for you old people to see;) Shutterfly is just a lot more time consuming. So I have to commit myself to an entire morning of uploading photos.
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