Frenk, tell me, why you not use
you mother language some more, hmmm?
You speak Australski, yes,
but this is not you mother tongue.
You mother tongue is Hrvatski,
you call him Croatia, no?
That is language you was born with
and you papa and mama speak him.
Why you no speak him more?
Why always Australski, Australski?
Yes, Frenk,
of course you not too lovely speaking him,
if you don't get praksa, the practice,
how you can be speaking him good?
True,
even you mama and you papa mix him up now,
with the Australski and the Hrvatski sve in jedan.
And your tetak iz Chermany, too? What he do?
Oh, he mix deutsch with the Hrvatski? Ha!
This mjeshanje of languages is no good.
I think svako, eh, everyone, should speak
mother language proper, no more mixing-ups.
Frenki, you go now to you grandma, to you oma,
and you speak her and you listen to her
to proper Hrvatski speaking - this beautiful language.
Maybe is something you can be learning.
What you saying, Frenk? Oma is mixing Australski, too?
Oh, joj!
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Author:
Frank Prem (
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- Comment from author about the poem: No more mixing-ups, ok-ey?
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Comments3
Have to call you Frenk then. Good write!
Not just Frenk, but - Frenki-boy!! Not really. No, seriously ...
Frenk, your really great funny poem reminds me of my brother in law. He is Alsatian, so a German speaking French citizen. And he now lives in Hawaii, speaking English. But sometimes when he talks to me, he will use all three languages within one sentence. And I guess I am the only one who can understand!
Why can't we have just one language in the whole world?
I think it was called Esperanto, Fred?
Personally, I think the process of language blending is assimilation at work.
Glad you enjoyed the piece.
Yes, but it never took off.
This is a classic, Frank! Truly enjoyed it, and envy the advantage you Europeans have to learn and blend so many Languages.
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