Ever had someone either repeat every word, or just a few words you said just to annoy you? I have.
“Stop repeating every word I say!”
“I say.”
“Gosh, you are annoying!”
“Annoying.”
That’s the kind of cheap entertainment Kenric has resorted to, especially when we did not have a TV, or if the WiFi was really slow. Even when we had a TV, and depending on the country, we couldn’t watch a lot of the American shows because they were dubbed in local languages.
Czech Republic
In Czech Republic, we came across an episode of NCIS that used the same male voice for EVERY character. In the movie Raise the Red Lantern, I’m pretty sure it was the same man crying hysterically as all the concubines fighting for the old Chinese man’s attention. So, we watched Milli Vanilli lip sync.
Romania
In Romania, we got to watch American Pickers, Pawn Stars, and some competition show where they forge weapons like swords and spears. These were in English and had Romanian subtitles.
Bulgaria
In Bulgaria we watched Back to the Future in English with Cyrillic subtitles, but couldn’t watch the sequel because it was dubbed. Our favorite channel was Da Vinci Learning which does such a good job explaining science, especially physics, (in English) that even I could understand.
Of course, I am writing only about my very limited experience based on whatever channels our Airbnb hosts or hotels happened to subscribe to. So, please don’t generalize based on this.
Croatia
Now in Croatia, we have access to many more English programs and news channels. That’s how we’ve stayed up to date with what’s happening in Puerto Rico and Las Vegas. With channels like National Geographic and The History Channel, Kenric can again indulge in repeating English words he knows.
National Geographic: The male shark has two penises. Kenric: The male shark has two penises. Caren: Oh yeah? How many penises do you have? Kenric: I’m not a shark. I have five.
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