On our Facebook group, a member told the story of teaching English in Japan, where a student couldn’t remember the slang expression stud muffin, but came pretty close by substituting his own term, hunk waffle. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Hunk Waffle? Close Enough”
When you’re learning a foreign language for the first time, there are moments when you realize that it’s starting to click.
Maybe you dream in that language or you just spontaneously use a phrase that you haven’t really thought through.
There was a great example of this on our Facebook group.
Eric J. Wagner was talking about how he used to teach English in Japan.
And he said, I knew a former student of mine had achieved a new level of English when he could not remember the term stud muffin.
He said, hunk waffle.
And in so doing, gave himself a nickname that has stuck for nearly 30 years.
I just love that you’re thinking it’s like stud muffin.
What is it?
Hunk waffle.
That’s awesome.
Isn’t that beautiful?
Yeah, that’s beautiful.
Honk waffle.
I think that happens as I get older with English, too.
Stud muffin, honk waffles.
It’s close enough.
By the way, if you are learning English as a second language, our Facebook group, just look for A Way with Words on Facebook, is filled with people who are willing to help you and give you advice and listen to you tell us about your honk waffles.
