Everytime we come to the East coast, we spend at least one day with a pastor friend of ours, Jim Johnson. He is probably my second afro-american friend (behind Kniambi Jones in 6th grade, birthday March 3--haha) seeing as how there aren't a lot of afro-americans where I'm from--at least not compared to the East coast! Anyway, he is a lot of fun, and Andy and I really like him a lot. Tonight he took us out to eat at TGI Fridays. He said something really funny on the way there. He said that everyone should speak in third grade english so that everyone knows whats going on, "otherwise, things just kinda hang out there being all ambiguous and stuff." I thought that was funny, and true. So many times we can misunderstand each other in relationships and in everyday conversations. If we just talked like we would to a third grader, there probably would be more clarity in the world. This reminds me of my favorite word in the English language: nebulous. I remember teaching Paige that word after I discovered it. I don't know which teacher in highschool introduced me to that word, probably Alix P. Martin.
3 comments:
Thank you for spelling Alix correctly.
I can't stop laughing about how you mentioned Kniambi Jones in your blog! hahahahaha. The funny thing is that I think I dropped her name when I was talking to Paige on the phone last month and I wondered if she knew who I was talking about.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THAT TOTALLY HAPPENED!
Hey, #1: Yes, Liz, you did teach me that word. I recall a gesture going along with it too. I'll show you at christmas.
#2: a third grader wouldn't use the word "ambiguous"
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