It amazes me the amount of utterly stupid things that some people say about Africa. Really, REALLY dumb things. Here's the one that I think takes the cake.
Dummy: I really want to go on a mission trip to Africa.
Me: Great. Where in Africa?
D: You know, AFRICA.
Me: Anywhere specific.
D: Maybe the Congo. Or Liberia. Those states in Africa.
Me: Right. (Thinking, you're joking. You just called two countries states. And those two countries are nowhere near each other, and speak different languages, even the European languages. You just want to go because they've been mentioned before at church events.)
D: But I was wondering, when you move there, how will you learn the language?
Me: In Uganda, the national language is English. But I'm working on learning Luganda at the moment, and I plan to start working on Lugisu next year, when I'm not studying and so have more time.
D: (getting really excited) You know what you should do? There's this boy, in the _____ centre. He's from Zimbabwe. You should get HIM to teach you!
Me: He's from Zimbabwe?
D: Yeah!
Me: I don't think he's going to speak Luganda or Lugisu.
D: Of course he speaks African, he's from Zimbabwe!
Me: I'll keep it in mind (so I can blog about this later!)
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