Learning English
Tom Cho
Learning English is a typical display of an Asian that doesn't know how to speak English. The author says that they didn't fully learn how to speak English until about 20 years of being in Australia. The author also uses phrases like 'yada yada yada" and "whatever". Tom didn't understand English and learned from TV and celebrities.
The author celebrated their 20 year stay in Australia by adopting an Anglican name (an Australian English name). His use of celebrities to choose his name was influenced by learning the language from TV and celebrities. He chose a name from Fantasy Island, Ricardo Montalban.
Learning English is an interesting story because it shows us how he learned English and his influences from learning it that way.
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