The man who thinks that peaches are called soft apples, a sketch by Alex Cameron
<open on a room with modern furniture including a rug with spirals on it. In the middle of the room is a table on top of which sit two peaches on the right side. Man 1, Eric, stands to the left of the table and Man 2, Grant, stands behind the table closer to the peaches>
Eric: Hey, can you hand me those peaches?
<Grant looks confused>
Grant: Excuse me?
Eric: Can you hand me those peaches, please? <points at peaches>
Grant: Peaches? ... Oh! You mean these soft apples, of course! <hands peaches to Eric>
<Eric takes peaches while making a face to the audience expressing his disbelief>
feel free to use this sketch in your english as a second language class to teach the spatial difference between use of "these" and "those"
ReplyDeleteyou'll run the risk of your students confusing a couple of fruit names, but that probably matters less than appropriate use of "these" and "those"
ReplyDeleteYou're right. You want to make an omelet, you've got to break some chicken spheres.
ReplyDeleteBesides everyone knows immigrants don't eat fruit, unless it's papayas or some kind of weird spiny shit. So it's not like it matters.
ReplyDeletethere's a polish buffet near my apartment we will go there for thanksgiving i have never been
ReplyDeleteWhy did we not go to this Polish buffet???
ReplyDeletebecause you didn't come for thanksgiving
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