Relearning
I’m a fan of learning new things and in the same vein, re-learning things that I have learnt before. For example I’ve relearned how to drive when I came to the UK, in order to pass the driving licence test. I’ve also relearned about signalling when I move to the UK, and also learned new things about signalling, especially regarding mainline signalling. I’ve even relearned how to speak English when I moved to Manchester.
But never was I asked to relearn to speak a number before, not until today. I was preparing pasta for my youngest daughter who asked me how long it would take.
“Three minutes,” I said.
She said okay. Then she said, “Can you relearn to speak three?” She emphasised the ‘th’ in the word three.
What did she just said, I thought to myself.
“It’s three, not tree,” she added.
Own the audacity! I played around with her and pretended not to understand but in the end I had to relearn how to pronounce threeee. Well you learn new things everyday. I’ll relearn to pronounce the word ‘four’ maybe, tomorrow.
Thank you for reading.