Addai: I need to go buy some sauce.
Me: Sauce? (thinking that's an odd thing for a Ghanaian to think he wants to buy.) Like, what kind?
Addai: For my uniform.
Me: Huh? (as I watch him point to his boots.) OH! SOCKS!
(Then laughing hysterically.) I thought you said something totally different.
Addai: It's my British pronunciation.
Me: Uh-huh. Sure. And the fact that you're a native Twi speaker has nothing to do with it...
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