Ceiling, Sailing, and Selling. Three words that sound similar, but are nothing alike. Really??? I guess when you’re native language isn’t English, they do. I hate being asked to pronounce various words. Thanks to my lisp, I’ve always been self-conscious about speaking. In all honesty, I think this is where some of my quietness comes from. And, I know that it’s better than it used to be, but whenever I start thinking about how to say something I immediately become self-conscious and nervous that I’m not saying it right. I really wish my parent had put me in speech therapy when I was a child, but I suppose that is about last on the list of things I would like to change.

Also, I wish I could learn Mandarin. I’ve thought about asking the girls to teach me some, but I honestly don’t think it would do much good. I have so much trouble distinguishing phonetic differences that I think this task would be near impossible. I’ve yet to pick up on anything even though they speak it all the time.