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{SPEAKER name="Zhang Chun Hong"}
Well, in America as a Chinese-- but I also have a big challenge with my English. (laughs)

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As a second language, so I had made some mistakes in the past but I'm still making mistakes now. So some mistakes become a joke or funny stories like

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the difference pronunciation between snake and snack. I remember when I first time come to America in California. That time, I was dating with my husband and

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there was--I hadn't decided to marry yet but he really wanted me to meet his family. So one time he had to do something away from the family so he left me with his parents and my English was not very good at that time.

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So we were chatting and his parents showed me his pictures when he was young--just try to get to know each other-- and, by the time it was about dinner time I was very hungry but I was pretty polite and I asked my husband's mom, I said:

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'Do you have some snakes I can eat?' She paused for a second and she said 'I know you Chinese can eat everything, but we don't have snakes at home but--'

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I said 'oh, it's something not real dinner but like food you can eat right away or don't feel hungry and she got it immediately she said 'oh are you talking about snacks?' I said yeah. (laughs)

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That's kind of my mistake. Pronounced English in a slightly different way so it turned out becoming a good story.

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And I also have another thing like darkroom and doghouse. One time I was

Transcription Notes:
Unsure if she is saying darkroom and doghouse