The Color of Truth the daily happenings of a community activist

The Language Divide

Phone Call:

Mom: Hey, I need your work email address so we can try to get a discount for our new cell phone service.

Me: Ok, do you have a pen?

Mom: Yes, go ahead.

Me: S, like Scott. Chan, then the @ sign.

Mom: What? What's the @ sign?

Me: What? You know, the sign that looks like an A, with something around it.

Mom: What?

Me: Uhmmm are you calling the phone guy? You can just say "at" and he should know.

Mom: No, we're going in tomorrow to talk to him. Ok anyways, what's after @?

Me: A, P, A, L, C dot

Mom: What's dot?

Me: Huh? You know, dot, period.

Mom: Huh?

Me: Just take your pen, and poke the ink end to the paper...

Mom: Oh...ok..I think I got it.

Me: Ok, dot O, R, G.

Mom: Can you just email your brother and have him show me?

Me: Yes.