DAD'S BLOOPERS PART 1

Despite living in Singapore for almost 40 years already, my Dad never managed to master English.

He tries, but with his signature Hokkien accent and almost non-existent understanding of English pronounciation, it makes for hilarious bloopers sometimes. These are SB's and Mum's favorites among Dad's bloopers:

Bluetooth - "Muthu" (The "Bl" apparently gives Dad problems. Dropping the "th" is of course, classic Singaporean)

Diskette - "Biskette" (He seriously thought for years that the Westerners named this device for something edible.)

C-Channel - "See China" (Mum went through the entire dictionary trying to find out exactly what Dad needed)

Today, he had a new classic to add. It took us a few minutes to ascertain what he was talking about.

Conversation in Chinese:

Dad: They recently released a new phone from...."Colgate", didn't they?
SB: Colgate? When did they switch from toothpaste to handphones?
Dad: No, not Colgate.....it was...it was....."Golgate"....it starts with a "G".
Me: "Goldgate?" What company is that? Never heard of it. (Wondering if he was referring to SeaGate? And did THEY produce mobile phones?)
Dad: How could you not have heard of it? Its so famous.
SB: Are you sure its called Golgate?
Dad (defiantly): It starts with a "G". What else would you call it?
Me: .....

We have almost given up, when SB had her flash of inspiration.

SB: Are you referring to the Google phone?
Dad: Yes!Yes! That's what I meant.....the "Golgate" phone! That's what I said.

We were laughing too hard by this time to make coherent comebacks.