My Chinese wife is a constant source of delight to me. Her imperfect English results in many cute utterances:
We were walking in Jinan and eating roasted chestnuts from a bag. Rose is very fastidious and was putting the shells in another bag. I was being a bit clumsy and dropping small portions of the shells on the already-littered sidewalk. She took the chestnut from my hand saying, "Here! You're stupid! let me help you!"
Another time we were planning to go out for the evening. I asked if she was ready to go. It was still light outside and too early for her so she said, "No. Let's wait until the weather is dark."
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