Thursday, October 1, 2009

2-3

Last night after the dog woke us up at 1AM by barfing whatever junk she decided to eat that day, I had a thought. One of the things that Haitians say in Kreole is "2-3" when the English equivalent is a few. So when the orphanage director has been saying "2-3 days" it is really in a few days. Add to that amount the way things are in Haiti and you got yourself at least a week or two. The director was simply translating the Kreole into English for us and I was taking her literally - at least until the dog barfed.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ken -

Maybe she meant 2 -3 WEEKS instead of days.

Debbie

Ken Schlorf said...

She seems to know "days" vs. "weeks" - I am pretty sure of that, so I hope that isn't the case.