English-challenged relations
My boyfriend doesn't speak my language by a long shot, and he also doesn't speak English. He understands and responds in Spanish. I want him to learn and use what he knows, so sometimes we practice.
... from some conversation we had practicing English:
ME: "..icicles..¨
RO: Qué son los icicles? What are icicles?
ME (feeling all bad that he, desert-born and temperate?-dweller, probably has never seen a nature-formed icicle): Here, I'll show you. Let me Google photos.
RO: Oh, okay. Stelactites.
Me: Hmm.
RO: Okay, now look "nose icicles".
... from some conversation we had practicing English:
ME: "..icicles..¨
RO: Qué son los icicles? What are icicles?
ME (feeling all bad that he, desert-born and temperate?-dweller, probably has never seen a nature-formed icicle): Here, I'll show you. Let me Google photos.
RO: Oh, okay. Stelactites.
Me: Hmm.
RO: Okay, now look "nose icicles".