On email numbers.

[evanae]

Dad - "I need your email number. I get a discount for my tv."
Me - "What? Email number...? You mean email address?"
Dad - "Yeah, email number. I get a $5 discount or something every month if I give them an email number for my high definition tv. Direct TV."
Me - "What?! You're getting Direct TV!?"
Dad - "What?....What's your email number?"
Me - "Ok, my email is A - K - F -- like Frank -- G..."
Dad - "Wait, wait. A - K - F....G..."
Me - "P - U - N -- like nice -- K"
Dad - "P - U - N - K-- K like cat?"
Me - "....No. K like kite, not cat."
Dad - "Like...cat? Like car?"
Me - "No, like kite...kill? K LIKE THE SECOND LETTER OF THE WORD I JUST SPELLED FOR YOU."

[fast forward...]

Me - "Make sure you say 'at yahoo.com'"
Dad - "What?"
Me - "You know, the at sign? *speaks in Chinese* The little mouse? (the at sign in Chinese is called that, lol)"
Dad - "I don't need it in Chinese, I need in English!"
Me - "It's that sign. You know the sign in front of-- Ugh, just say "AT yahoo.com" They'll know what you mean."