Tuesday, April 3, 2012

are they speaking chinese?

i'm chronicling noteworthy happenings from this trip, in part because i might forget by the time we return to sf.

so, new york has a rather high west indian immigrant population. i don't have the raw numbers, but for those really interested, census.gov would be able to help with that. anyway, as we were walking down a street today, we saw two west indian men mixing concrete and talking to each other. we walk past the men, and immediately siri asks me -- "mommy, are they speaking chinese?" jeff and i both tell her that the men were actually speaking english, just with a different accent, and that if she listened carefully, she could probably understand them. siri seemed skeptical.

i'm not sure who should be more offended: me or the men.

more to come...

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