Language sample

For all you SLPs out there reading this (you know who you are), here's a little language sample for you.

Because mi espanol esta in fact horrible, one of our favorite phrases is "mi espanol esta horrible." This frequently gets a chuckle and a "mi ingles esta horrible."

In our attempts to learn Spanish another favorite phrase is "Como se dice..." (How do you say...) Then we repeat whatever it is four or five times and hope we remember it.

The other day I was in one of our favorite panaderia y reposterias (bread and pastry bakery). I pointed to a particularly yummy-looking sweet roll and said to the woman behind the counter, "como se dice?" She looked where I was pointing, shrugged, and said, "cinnamon roll."

She smiled. Then we all laughed. Some things are the same no matter what the language