Parents need Hooked on Phonics too

Posted on April 9, 2009 at 06:33pm

my mom (on the phone w/ my dad): how come i cant find u on SKY-PEE?
me: Skype.
my mom: how come i cant find u on SKY-PEE?
me: he wont understand u. its Skype.
my dad: SKY-PEE. u mean Skip.

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  • DaughterofaFOB!
    ...So it's not right? I've been saying that since my parents told me we got it! D=
  • howla
    HOLY CRAP MY PARENTS DO THAT TOO!!!
  • meliC
    omigawd, thats sooo mi dad, i was all like, wuts sky-pee? lol
  • Now you know why they are married to each other. LOL parents! :D
  • jpeezy10
    its pronounced Sky-pee over seas. its normal in Asia. don't blame the parents. lol.
  • Chr
    LMAO MY MOM PRONOUNCES IT AS SKY-PEE TOO HAHAHAHAHAH
  • My parents call it Sky-pee, and I do too. I'm not ashamed! :D
  • S
    people in Europe call it Sky-pee
  • josh
    lol my parents call it skypee too
  • goback2china
    This is AWFUL you make fun of how they talk but you can't even spell out "you" or capitalize I's?

    At least speak the language if you're going to make fun of someone for it!
  • laugh
    You dummy..U is a shorter way for you. I's don't need to be captialized if you're saying something..
  • alicekim
    it's okay for us to make fun of our own parents or relatives because no matter where we live or what our background is, we can all relate to each other's stories posted on these sites.

    and people don't capitalize 'I's online because it's easier to type.. but yeah, we should all go back to china because that's where we're all from, right? and i love how you're trying to justify how bad we are for making fun of people by putting out spelling tips yet you can't even differentiate the difference between plurals and possessive 'S'es.

    there's no apostrophe after your capitalized 'I', smart ass.
  • jy
    Does is really matter how Skype is pronounced? It's not even a "real word"!

    It may be okay to joke around with your family members, but it's not cool when you start typing condescending responses regarding your parents' English on the website. Think about the trouble they went through to provide you with a better life abroad. English obviously is not their native langauge.

    How would you feel if people made fun of your Chinese, Korean, or Japanese?
  • jella
    HAHAAH love it love it.
  • Hahaha
    I swear, seriously ALL asian parents call skype "skypee".
    It's like a disease or something. D:
  • har
    wha- my parents are from korea and they pronounce it the regular american way. i guess it's different everywhere XD
  • PJ
    My aunt pronounces it sky-peh because that's how it's said in Japan.
  • Kate
    My mom pronounced it Sky-pee too...
  • Gary
    Ack, I called it "Sky-pee" for the longest time also until I learned it was pronounced Skype. All thanks to my mom.
  • Christina
    My dad says "Sky-pee" too and he told me once it's b/c that's how it's pronounced in Taiwan/China. Has anyone else heard this from their parents?
  • Lang
    Oh LOL my mom said the exact same thing today T_T
    Apparently one of her asian friends said that was how you pronounce it
  • Wes Lin
    OMG my mom called it sky-pee for the longest time!!!! this is hilarious. :p
  • Debbie
    Mine too! There must be a reason for all this consistency... Maybe the need to pronounce every letter? My mom also called Louis Vuitton "Loo-EES voo-TOON" (I followed her example until I was about 19 *sigh*)
  • kl
    DAMN my parents are always like sky-pee.
    -_-
  • My Dad called it sky-pee back in 2005!

    http://www.jozjozjoz.com/2005/08/25/disturbing-news/
  • My parents call it Sky-pee, too! It's so great to know there are others out there! (Apparently a LOT of others, by reading the other comments!)
  • alice
    HAHAHA THAT'S WHAT MY DAD CALLS IT TOO, and I thought that it was actually called Sky-pee when he first began using it back like 2 years ago when it hadn't even reached the Oprah show and stuff.

    Oh man..
  • oh myy
    For the longest time I thought it was pronounced sky-pee, thanks to my parents. That ended when all my friends laughed at me.
  • Kevin
    yeah a lot of people in asia pronounce it "sky-pee". can't remember which is the correct way, though i think they have a page up about it on their site, haha.
  • same
    My mom pronounces Skype that way too. XD
  • ha
    ppl in china pronounce it sky-pee
  • lol
    hmm that's what my mom calls it
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