Friday, April 19, 2024

Smart kid

Older boys often asked me to teach them
“some bad words in your language.”
At first I politely refused.
My refusal merely increased their determination,
so I solved the problem by teaching them phrases
like “man kharam” which means “I’m an idiot.”

Firoozeh Dumas, Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America 

 

 

 

 

 

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