Hit the piano

And so the list grows - the list of amazing/hilarious butcherings of English that I hear from my students. "Butcherings" isn't fair, really, because sometimes they come out with words or phrases that I want to urge into common usage.

For example, I asked a student to summarize a short video that he watched. The video was about two people reminiscing about their childhood. My student put it aptly: "They are talking about their younger seasons."

Another less-poetic but fun example occurred yesterday. My student was explaining that she is trying to avoid meat temporarily, all except "chicken boobs."

And finally, today I taught a group conversation class. We discussed music and education, so I asked if any of them play an instrument. One of them said he used to "hit the piano" and another used to "touch piano."