Our daughters used to say “she attackled me” which was a portmanteau of “attack” and “tackle.” During the adoption process for our son, we lived in Congo for 3 months. Our son spoke Lingala but started combining it with English. When he was in the high chair at dinner time, he would say “ageeta down.” A Congolese lady explained that “ageeta” meant to get down out of the high chair but it started sounding like a blend with the English phrase “get down.” When I was doing Spanish flash cards with my wife, she asked me for the Spanish word for “to laugh.” I didn’t know so I guessed “hahar” but I maybe it could have been an -er or -ir verb. Maybe “jajar” would have been the correct spelling. Todavía nos reímos de eso.

your dad seems more comfortable in front of the camera now than before :) I love his charisma

You can be overwhelmed, or underwhelmed but you are never just whelm..

Es tAn lindo verlos juntos 😍 Ojalá hubiera entendido algo 😂😂😂😅😅

Love your Dad... his spirit is so obviously kind, and you've carried on in his tradition. One malapropism he made me think of was commonly used by one of my friends in the USAF. He was Hispanic, but his English was 99.9% perfect, except when it wasn't. When I would hear him say certain phrases, (we both did a lot of public speaking) I learned to listen for the little oddities, because some were clearly not accidents, he said it that "funny" way every time... Here's one: Instead of saying, "Right off the bat," to begin a topic, he would say, "Right off the back." Now I know I'm not crazy for getting a kick out of that every time! :)

A little boy I know asked his mom “mom do you like reptiles?” And she said “not really, why?” He replied “does that mean you have reptile dysfunction?” Lol apparently the day before she remembers hearing an ad on the radio about “erectile dysfunction,” but obviously he heard it wrong!!! Lol so funny!

I can tell your dad loves what he does. He needs his own KZfaq channel. He's fun to watch.

"Looking back in retrospect of things that happened in the past" is the same as saying: "Mira, ven a ver para que veas" Jajajaja

Your dad should have his own channel! Thank you for sharing this Holly! :)

Your dad and you are adorable 😍

A fun dialog! Nice to see a daughter still enjoying her dad's jokes. My daughters just groan.

Your dad is not only super smart but also adorable, funny and he has such a contagious laugh!!!❤️❤️

I enjoyed this video so much!! This is why I love linguists and linguistics. You’re dad’s awesome! My dad and I would have fun conversating (yes, conversating) with him! Also, I wanted to mention, the switching of L and R occurs among speakers of many languages, not just Southeast Asian ones. And sometime, it becomes the standard or at least a common variant in certain varieties. For example, I am a heritage speaker of Louisiana French (it’s my grandparents’ first language, and my dad grew up bilingual, but I learned French as a second language). There are several examples of the interchanging of L and R, but one is the word "galerie" (pronounced «gal’ri») which many people say as "garelie" (pronounced «gar’li»). We also often pronounce the word "prairie" as "plairie." I know stuff like this happens in Spanish too, because I’ve heard it, but I can’t think of any good examples right now. The only one that comes to mind at the moment is how some of my Puerto Rican coworkers pronounce Puerto Rico as "Puelto Lico," but I know there are better examples.

Wow, your dad is so smart! I find this kind of content really interesting, I learned a new concept (spoonerism) to add to my schooling-library, and what is worth studying. Your father is truly an intellectual man.

I have a good one! My friend always thought that “calzones” (the pizza-like food) was actually “Cowzone” and he was confused because it wasn’t made of beef and I told him it wasn’t “cow” it was “cal” 😂😂

Barf and beely!! 🤣 That reminds me of when I was a kid, the time my mom told a choir director that I’ve always been interested in mucus. She will never live that down.

I love seen them together. It’s amazing how quick is Holly’s mind for lenguajes. Her dar is amazing and he has this light on him, something truly special. The eye of the camel: yes even more if you are a camel

You'll love this malapropism from a former coworker! We speak Spanish but working in IT we use many English words, one such is 'workaround'. Another coworker needed to write it down and was asking what the correct spelling was. This person said "it's 'walk around,' like instead of getting directly to the issue you walk around it and get to it from another side." LOL she even had an explanation.

"Me molesta que me despierten, y más cuando estoy dormida" o "Cosembró lo que sechó" (en vez de "cosechó lo que sembró)" eran frases que decía mi pobre madre después de largas noches de insomnio por su trabajo de enfermera... Por burlarme, cuando me convertí en mamá, empecé a decir cosas como "Ahí fue donde la tuerca porció el rabo" (en vez de "donde la puerca torció el rabo") para decir que algo salió mal. Una vez mi suegra le aconsejaba a mi cuñado cuando empezó la universidad "ve tomando apuntes", pero lo dijo raro y yo pregunté "¿Quién es Beto?" (¡Qué oso!) Jaja Una amiga italiana estudiaba español con una maestra española. Una vez, mi amiga empezó a estornudar repetidamente en clase y la maestra le preguntaba "¿Alergía?" y mi compañera entendía ¿Alessia?, pensaba que le preguntaba su nombre y decía "No, Giulia" Y la maestra "¿Alergia" y mi amiga "No, Giulia", "¿Alergia?" , "¡No, Giulia!" También yo, en clase de inglés, una vez empecé a hablar en español. El maestro acababa de decir que no iba a responder a nadie que hablara en español, por eso, cuando pregunté "¿para cuándo es la tarea?", él empezó a decir "Excuse me?" y yo "qua para cuándo es la tarea" y él (un poco más fuerte y con la mano junto a la oreja) "Excuse me?" y yo "Que para cuándo la tarea" y él no dijo nada pero se me quedo viendo feo y yo grité "QUE PARA CUÁNDO ES LA TAREAAAAA!!!" Mi hermano pequeño una vez le pidió a mi mamá una tostada de "chinga" en vez de tinga... Y también puede pasar con los gestos. Una vez estaba en un mercado en Italia comprando fruta. Para conservar orden, todo iba por turnos y al llegar, había que tomar un papelito con un número. Llego, tomo el papelito, llega mi turno y el muchacho, desde entre las frutas me extiende la mano y yo le doy mi otra mano y le digo "Piacere, Sandra" (Mucho gusto, soy Sandra) y él se saca de onda y me dice "Piacere, Giuseppe" y cuando vi que se empezó a carcajear, entendí que me había extendido la mano para pedirme mi papelito con el número del turno, no para saludarme.

About the "Arm and the Leg". In olden times Artist who painted portraits used to charge by body parts mostly head and chest. If the model wanted more the artist would say " that's going to cost you an arm and a leg"

Me encanta!! Por favor convencelo que tenga su propio canal. Sería un éxito!!

Time ago I explained to a 3 yr old why he wasn't allowed to drink from a glass on the countertop. ( no because are breakable). The next day he explained to his twin brother that he should not use it because those were glasseables !! : D

LOVE THESE!!!! I wanna be like your dad! I love all that fun linguistics stuff too. HOORAY FOR LINGUISTIC SILLYISMS! =D

I totally get this! I am a linguist myself, I will definitely buy the book, thanks Holly for inviting your father to your channel, his energy is invigorating, the content of the video is smart, witty, plain funny and pleasant. Love from Monterrey ❤❤

Your dad & you are very kind.

Your dad is adorable!! And together are great!!

Haha this was fun, I smiled and laughed a lot and it is so cool to see your dad so happy and excited about this. It is nice to think about these bloopers as something interesting and beautiful instead of just mistakes.

Acabo de ver el video de tu papá!!! Wowwww me encanto ahora entiendo de dnd eres tan easygoing y agradable besos a los dos . Te conocí por medio de mis hijas y ahora soy tu fan , soy maestra de inglés y tus videos me ayudan muchisisimo

It was dark in the night. We were coming back home when my grandmother (pointing at a cat) said: "mira como le brillan los gatos a ese ojo amarillo" LOL

This might be my favorite video ever! I definitely want this book!

I loved this video! Your dad seems like such a wonderful man! How lucky you are! I think he would be so much fun to visit with!

Es increíble la manera en la que habla tu papá y la forma de sonreír!!!

Hey, good to see you guys back Superholly and your wonderful father. Also, you’re hilarious and in an intelectual way! Understanding you without subtitles is a challenge for me since I’m not a native English speaker, an entertaining challenge though.

I confess I sometimes do this. Several years ago, I was visiting a friend in Philly, and came up with a new word: problemsome. I kinda loved it from the start. By some strange coincidence, I was visiting him again a year or two later and said "troublematic". Clearly, the long-lost brother of the previous new word. I have embraced both. You're welcome.

This is so funny and fun! ¡Muchas gracias, Holly. Y a tu papá tambien.

This is the kind of content I enjoy the most. I love your dad’s passion.

Your dad is so adorable! I love how cheery and relaxed and cool he seems! I feel like my dad would get along with him. x

Cuando era un adolescente, trabajando en una cafeteria durante la hora pico, le dije a una señora "en la cabra le cojan" queriendo decir "en la caja le cobran". La señora me dió las gracias. :)

Yaaaay! Dad is here!!! Ugh I love you guys🤗

It personally annoys me when people say/write "should off" instead of "should have" but thanks to this video i might start looking at it from a different perspective. I love your videos, btw

Your family is great!💕

I LOVED your dad's accent!!! IT'S MUSIC for my ears.

Yayy, a video with your dad. And I made it here early. Well this makes me feel better about messing up my words from time to time haha. Love you guys

I love it....thanks....I learned a lot today....Estoy aprendiendo a hablar ingles, y este video ha sido una gran clase. Aprender riendose es una maravillosa forma de hacerlo. Me encanto tu padre.....increible...parece muy joven....tienes su carisma y sentido del humor.....ademas de su inteligencia.....Me encantaron, deben hacer mas videos asi, que nos cueste trabajo, y asi aprendamos mucho mas.....Sabes hay un intento de traduccion de Jabberwocky al espanol....muy comico... es verdad en español es menos comun, pero tambien ocurre...y se hacen chistes de ellos. En nuestro pais tenemos un libro muy famoso de hace mas de 50 años que se llamaba asi: "Gazapos y Gazapitos"....y es como la recopilacion del libro de tu papa en español.....jejejeej....Un abrazo...GRACIAS.....me encanto...felicitaciones a los dos.......y a tu papa doble por el libro y por las hijas maravillosas

Hi, Holly, I just discovered your channels and I'm truly fascinated by your videos. I just wanted to comment that the reason why you don't seem to find a lot of the examples of "bloopers" in Spanish is probably because, even though you speak spanish really well, even better than many native speakers, it is not in fact your native language, and so I find it much easier to catch this "bloopers" in ones' native language. For example I can catch a lot of bloopers in Spanish because that is my native language but I had a hard time understanding most of the Bloopers you present with your dad in this video. What I'm trying to say is that I didn't imagine there were so many in English as they are in Spanish. Just wanted to let you know. Have a great day!

In a meeting, by boss said "we'll have to put that in the suppository" when he meant to say "repository".

El chapulín colorado siempre hace mezclas de dos refranes diferentes. ejemplo: El que nace barrigón, jamás su rama endereza. Es la unión de "Árbol que nace torcido, jamás su rama endereza" y "El que nace barrigón, ni que lo fajen chiquito"

Excelente vídeo Holly, me gusta mucho ver como conviven tu familia y tu, en lo que va de la semana vi muchos de los vídeos con tu papá, tus hermanas, tu hermano, tu esposo y tus sobrinos!!! Quedé encantado todos transmiten muy buena vibra!!!! Saludos desde Chihuahua!!!

Hollyyyy!!!! Your dad is fantastic 🇻🇪🇻🇪 !!!! Amé este video!!!! ♥️♥️♥️

Dios te bendiga Holly, gracias por tu humildad, por amar tanto a nuestro país!!! Mi esposo niños y yo te vemos y nos encantan los videos con tu papi!!! 🤗 🤗

Leaving a comment before playing the video, that's how it has to be. Saludos Holly desde Reynosa, Tamaulipas

Holly your Dad is Amazing ans so much fun! love this video, thank you

El idioma de uno mismo se vuelve complicado cuando lo analizas!!!

Me encantó este video. Creo que sólo Cantinflas hubiera podido competir con esos bloopers, jajja. You made my day.

Looking back in retrospective for things that happened in the past jajajja buenísimo me gusto

My boyfriend and I used to eat eggs and bacon for breakfast very often. But every morning make the question of "what will we eat this morning?". Once I made a mistake and I said "Beggs and acon". I laughed a lot. Now I always call them Beggs and acon, I love that combination. Y tengo otra en español. Tenemos un dicho que es "Al que le quede el saco, que se lo ponga" y un día platicando con unos amigos uno de ellos dijo "El que se ponga el saco que se lo quede". Nos reímos mucho y siempre se lo recordamos.

I understood like half of the video 😂 I need to practice more. But this really helped me a lot to test my english level. Thanks a lot Holly!

I’m such a fan of your dad ! He is so interesting! Todo un personaje

I luv your dad, he needs his own channel! 😍

Hola súper Holly😃😃 mi papá no es lingüista ni tampoco es profesionista, pero veo como admiras a tu papá y creo que yo admiro de la misma manera al mío, me ha enseñado muchas cosas, más que ser responsable me enseño a ser feliz. I know this is a long text for a YT comment already, pero ya por último tengo la necesidad de decirte que te admiro mucho, me llamo Nicolàs, ojalá algún día pueda tener una mini charla contigo y ya de paso una foto😃, que Dios te bendiga.

Congratulations to your dad for his book. I laughed a lot, Holly even though my first language is Spanish. Blessings and Greetings.

This was fun to watch! ❤️👍

Wow, your dad's passion for language just effervates in this video. I love it!

This was an advance conversation class.. loved it!!!

Thank you for this video “it blue up mi mind.” 😜 As an ESL speaker this video has been both enlightening and fun 😊 Please do more videos with your dad 👍🏼

I don't know but for some reason I think listening you in Inglis it helps me more. This is a great video with you dad, congratulations! Gracias superholly eres muy simpática!

Wow... IIIIIIIII LOOOOOOVEEEEEE IIIIIT!😍 aprendi muchas cosas nuevas. Gracias/ thank you 🤗😘

your dad is so pure i love him

Great job! I love it!

This video is pure greatness!!

Holly!!!! Ahora entiendo la razón por qué tú eres tan simpática, ocurrente, de mente muy ágil. Tu padre es adorable!!!!!!!! y súper culto; "hija de tigre, pintita". Su especialidad, la Lingüística, me parece una de las ramas del conocimiento más interesantes y divertidas que existen. Porque como él dice, la lengua cambia. Claro que sí!!!!!, pues está viva y hace mutaciones, combinaciones e invenciones. Ya sea que adopte palabras de otras lenguas, ya sea que otras, a causa del contexto histórico, dejen de usarse hasta que desaparecen (¿cuántas personas seguirán usando, en español, la palabra "rodillo", para referirse al tubo en el que insertábamos la hoja en la máquina de escribir?). Imagino que hoy en día, su uso debe sólo restringirse al rodillo de la cocina con el que se aplasta la masa para las galletas. FASCINANTE la Lingüística!!!!!! Y FASCINANTES PADRE E HIJA!!!!!!!, charlando sobre el pasatiempo de tu papá. Dios te lo guarde muchos años Holly. Es un tesoro y tú también. Reciban muchas bendiciones!!!!!!!!! ADORABLES LOS DOS!!!!!!!!!!

This topic is actually really fascinating

Great bloopers! Untranslatable, uninappropriate, unimaginable, though real.

Do one with lady mondegreens! This is so fun, I am such a linguistic nerd :) The ants are my friends, they're blowin' in the wind' ("The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind"

Me encanta el acento de tu papá Holly! Aunque no entendí mucho jajajaja pero me encanta su voz...

Thanks for sharing!! Happy New Year

Holly. Hicisté que recordara una frase que habla de EGGS : Cuando algo te costó tanto pero tanto trabajo terminar o llevar a cabo ( me costó uno y la mitad de otro ) . So great to hear your dad super knowledge and idioms managment. You both are cool. I've never been to an English speaking country, but I had the best teachers. That is to say that any mexican citizen could learn without traveling outter.

Hablo español pero me propuse ver más este canal por qué estoy en proceso de mejorar mi inglés y por consecuente mi entendimiento. Te amoooo

Escucho los videos de Holly como una especie de Podcast mientras hago tarea ¡Me ralajaaan mucho! jejeeje Saludos Holly

You and your father are awesome

LOVE It! Que chiva! Te saludamos desde Costa Rica! 🇨🇷

I don´t know how to explain it, but your english has a very slight spanish accent and I love it!

Hahahahahah😂😂😂 love this video, I want a copy of that book!!!

Maestra la alegría que transmites al hablar es increíble Dios te bendiga

Holly, your dad is a Rockstar!!!! 😎✌️

Recordé una vez que mi mamá me mandó a comprar "mátano placho" en vez de plátano macho 😂, ¡Tu papá es genial Holly!

This is so interesting! Wow I love this

Este señor sonríe con la mirada. Aunque esté serio, su mirada está sonriendo... Estupendo.

Nice to see such a good relationship between a daughter and her father. Not everyone has that.

Awww your dad is so cute, I want more videos with he 😀😀😀

Thanks for this lovely and educative chat! Yes we do have these bloopers in Spanish too! My friend Julia always says "lo dijo con rintitín", Alex would always talk about "el descote que lleva sea chica", Ricardo says "sirulo" instead of "Siluro", old people might say "Vesícula Balear" instead of "Vesícula biliar", and many more!

Your dad Is so wise and so yo are.

Por fin!!!!!!nuevo video

Woah, no sabía que también tenías canal de inglés. Que padre. :-)

I see your videos like in parts, now one part, tomorrow another part and the final part on Friday 😂😂, I love your long videos because it’s like 3 videos in one

Me encanta tu padre!!

You together, father and daugther are extraordinary amazing awesome. Proud of yourself and each others.

Thnaks for sharing this gift !

Wow your Dad is so energetic, no wonder you guys were all over the place! #LoveIt

The Spanish version of "to cost an arm and a leg" is "costar un ojo de la cara", literally "to cost an eye of my face". In Argentina we use a more vulgar expression, "me costó un huevo", basically, it cost me a ball (testicule). I sometimes merge them on purpose to make a joke, so it ends up costing me a ball of my face. Lol