Funny Pronunciations

(circa 2016)
 
My wife’s first language is Tagalog.
English is the second language
for my Filipina spouse.
 
She says “cinema” in place of movies.
 
She calls mulch “stinky mud.”

When working on a 
math problem she says,
"I am computing."
 
On our summer get away to
Wildwood NJ,  she said,
“I love the ‘bitch!’” 
“No honey, 
it is pronounced
beach.”
 
She said, 
I hope the hotel
has a ‘ja-pussy.’”
No honey,  it is called
a jacuzzi.
 
On the Garden State Parkway
towards the
early summer
weekend get-a-way,
Helen points at a light blue
classic pick-up truck.
 
She says,
“Look Jim, 
a ‘Doo-Gee!”
“No honey, 
It’s called
a Dodge.”

I 
love
my 
espousa.