Dad has been learning English since he was 14. It has yet to take fully
even though he is in his 70's now. He stopped for a little while but has
picked it up again this year. It's great for his mind as exercise even
if it is somewhat futile. But him doing this, means he asks me and mum
for explanations or translations to words all the time. Oh dear.
One of the words a couple of weeks ago: "hoe" the gardening implement. I
can now attest that I have had to explain the other meaning, the slang
one, of that to both my parents. Dad kept trying to repeat that, on it's
own...in public... loudly. He is now banned forever from saying it by
mum.
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