Sad day...son laughs at father...

partyguinness

Moved to England 10 years ago. Wife English and we have 2 year old and 6 year old.


So this morning while filling out the World Cup chart with yesterday's game result:



Son (6): "Are there any games today?"


Me: "Yes there are three games today."


Son: "MOMMY..Daddy said it wrong. He said tree games today and not three."





Just needed to share that.

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

partyguinness wrote: »

Moved to England 10 years ago. Wife English and we have 2 year old and 6 year old.


So this morning while filling out the World Cup chart with yesterday's game result:



Son (6): "Are there any games today?"


Me: "Yes there are three games today."


Son: "MOMMY..Daddy said it wrong. He said tree games today and not three."





Just needed to share that.

Slag him off for calling his mam "Mommy" and call him a yank.

Ipso

You also let your nation down.

Franz Von Peppercorn

partyguinness wrote: »

Moved to England 10 years ago. Wife English and we have 2 year old and 6 year old.


So this morning while filling out the World Cup chart with yesterday's game result:



Son (6): "Are there any games today?"


Me: "Yes there are three games today."


Son: "MOMMY..Daddy said it wrong. He said tree games today and not three."





Just needed to share that.

An English boss of mine once said I was an articulate man with a pleasant accent but (and I quote) “ what’s with this “tree” instead of three bollocks”.

I blamed imperialism.

Are Am Eye

When your son was calling his mommy he capitalised her entire name.
Let his ears ring with your laughter. English bastard.

B0jangles

Just tell him that you're gonna get your Da to beat his Da up - problem solved.

Captain Red Beard

So you'll be moving back to Ireland?

emo72

I didn't know there was a different way to pronounce tree and three?

Wabbit Ears

Daddy should have thought him all the cool stuff from his childhood was like a full Nelson or a figure of four leg lock.

Graces7

reminds me of hearing a reading announced in church... "Tessalonians tree"

Samuel T. Cogley

Scare the ****e out of him by telling him you're going to put him in a hot press.

tuisginideach

Bilingual child of French mother/Irish father - speaking to French mother: 'that's my mout, not my mouth.'

verycool

Nip that sh*t in the bud with a few slaps. Sort him out.

Three should suffice.

Grayson

It starts young. I've always found that english people love to mimic us saying three. Never met an american who does that though.

Dakota Dan

Looks like daddy had to scrape the arse of the barrel for a tread 😀

Grayson

verycool wrote: »

Nip that sh*t in the bud with a few slaps. Sort him out.

Three should suffice.

And use a tree for the slaps. just to drive home the irony

kneemos

Thurty tree and a turd will blow his mind.

May Contain Small Parts

There's a certain irony in English people complaining when others drop the letter H.

arctictree

Was in an English supermarket years ago and there were a few of our cultural brethren up to no good. Women behind me in the queue raises her eyes to heaven and complains about those 'bloody irish'.

riffmongous

This came out a lot danker than I planned and wanted but well I spent 5 minutes on it so here you go OP

CPTM

emo72 wrote: »

I didn't know there was a different way to pronounce tree and three?

Most only use one of the two ways to pronounce 'three'.

Purple Mountain

Tell him as a punishment he'll have to have cold baths because you are going to turn off the immersion for a week.

B0jangles

Tell him that if you and your wife have another kid, that kid would be your turd.

VinLieger

Sit him down to watch highlights of iceland v england from 2016 on repeat

May Contain Small Parts

Purple Mountain wrote: »

Tell him as a punishment he'll have to have cold baths because you are going to turn off the immersion for a week.

Son: What's immerson?
Father: it's that thing we don't have because we have mains gas and a combi-boiler.

lawred2

surely the simplest solution is to just pronounce your words correctly you massive bogger

Eggs For Dinner

It's somefink about nuffink OP.

Will he play for Ingland or Irland? Tomato, tomato, potato, potato, tree, three, so to speek. Go on loivelahn and talk to Joe.

opti76

tell him you've been ****ing his mother for years and she loves it ..

riffmongous

partyguinness

I always explain it to English people with a story that we struggle with 'th' because in Gaelic there is no 'th' pronunciation and that has carried over to our English. Not sure where I got that from but I'm sticking with it....

I have been known to exaggerate that English is my second language so laughing at my 'th' is like laughing at Asian speaking which is something you would never do so why are you doing it to me? (racist bastard)

It also makes me look clever by dropping in that I speak several languages so laugh at me all you want but remember:

1. I sat my Leaving Cert in Irish (inc French) so I am infinitely more clever than you
2. I'm your boss and your pay review is coming up.