10. Katisms

Communicating in English can actually be a hard thing for me sometimes. Somewhere in my brain phrases get mixed up before they come out of my mouth. My husband affectionately calls these sayings "Katisms". The first one I recall spouting out is "I feel like I am running around like a chicken cut my head off". To me this phrase makes perfect sense but to the rest of the world it is nonsense. "You hit the nail right on the donkey" is another one that flew out of my mouth in an excited moment. We were writing our will and I remember asking my brother in law if he would be the "executor" as in the person who will kill the accused. Needless to say he looked at me a little weird. Normally I have no idea I have just said the silliest thing, but now I have come to recognize the consistent look I get when one of these phrases escapes my mouth. The persons eyebrows make a funny twitch and their head leans a little to one side. I can tell their thinking, "did i just hear that right." My husband is so use to it that when I asked him to pass the serenading knife he just starts singing and passes the serrated knife. Life can be fun with a little crazy brain!!