It is not an admittance of poor English language skill but an introduction to new words/ slangs / way of saying and how they are used in a foreign land - the USA.
- Nuke it : heat it
- Chap stick : 'chopstick' was what AS first heard. "Put some 'chopstick' on your lips?!" She later learnt that Chap Stick is a popular lip balm brand in the USA.
- Pooh... : blowing through closed lips simultaneously with rolling eyes to express disgust.
- Way-- back : notice the word 'way' being stressed
- Real s l o w... : notice the word 'slow' being stressed
- So good : spoken as (eyes closed)'so! (and then eyes opened!) good!'
- Hmm mm : Don't really know the exact spelling but this 2 humming sounds can be used for yes/affirmation or the complete opposite - no/objection. It's a matter of the intonation used in order to mean what you meant. All in all, to AS, it sounded like baby vocabs used when encouraging him/her to poo-poo. The same goes to the way you pronounce 'I can' and 'I can't' in the USA. It's a matter of intonation.
- I know!! : It may sound rude to anyone not used to the way it's being used in the USA. Apparently, it's widely used accompanied with a wide smile to mean 'Exactly,I agree with you!'
- Awesome! : Yes, I'm sure you've heard of this a lot in American conversations.
- Sweet! : Sometimes, people get bored of using Awesome over and over again and they use a different vocab.
- Nice! I like it! : and when they get tired of 'Sweet!' too.
- Good job, buddy! : widely used when encouraging a kid over his/her effort though no matter how small it is in the American society.
- 8-ish : 8 something... (of time)
- Flour : which sounded a little funny the first time AS heard the American pronunciation - 'flower'
- Semi (as in half) : it's 'seh - mai' to them.
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