JasperJai

I love to experience different cultures and languages and meet people all over the world. The thing I learned in my first overseas trip to a country in which I didn’t look like the nationals and didn’t speak the language was that a smile says hello in any language. It helps to speak a few phrases too!

1. Hong Kong (not realy a country, but…)
2. Japan
3. South Korea
4. Taiwan

1. Andorra
2. Denmark
3. France
4. Germany (East, West and Unified)
5. Hungary
6. Ireland
7. Macedonia
8. Netherlands
9. Poland
10. Portugal
11. Russia
12. Slovakia
13. Spain
14. Sweden
15. Switzerland
16. UK
17. Yugoslavia (present day Croatia)

1. Belize
2. Chile
3. Mexico

1. Canada
2. USA

1. Lesotho
2. South Africa

1. New Zealand
2. Australia
3. China
4. Egypt
5. Brazil
6. somewhere in the middle east
7. Turkey
8. Greece

My mom’s parrot has learned quite a few phrases taught by my mother, some intentionally taught, others just caught. This list is not exhaustive, I’ll add more as I hear or remember them. I put an asterisk by the ones she says frequently.

1. Good morning.
2. Where is my mommy? *
3. Ok you be a good girl, I’ll see you later. *
4. Did you eat your supper? *
5. Did you eat your lunch?
6. Give me a kiss (and makes kissing noise). *
7. Night, night. * (says this at night)
8. My name is Joy.
9. Hi cutie. *
10. Hi cutie, what ‘chya doing?
11. What ‘chya doing?
12. Naughty!! *
13. Peek-a-boo, where’s Joy?
14. Peek-a-boo, I see you.
15. Merry Christmas.
16. Hello. * (and says hello when telephone rings)
17. (makes telephone ring noise, then says hello.) *
18. I love you.
19. I…Love…You, I love you.
20. What ‘chya lookin’ at?
21. What are you doing, young lady?
22. Come here.
23. Hey munchkin.
24. (makes oven timer and microwave timer beeps)
25. (makes squeaky door noise)
26. Hey, no biting!
27. Ouch! Sh#t! Naughty! No biting! (she draws blood on this one)
28. I’m a good girl. (you wouldn’t know it after that last one!)
29. Say Thank You.