MONgoro

Have you ever had to bite your tounge to stop laughing because you're afraid it might be rude?

I did today, and to tell the truth, what I was laughing at really wasn't all that funny. In fact, I think the fact that I was laughing at it probably makes me a douchebag.

Today we had to give some speeches in class on national festivals back at home (I didn't because I am so NEEWWWWWWWWW) and uh, some Mongolians went up to talk. Now I would like everyone to understand that I have absolutely nothing against Mongolians; I think they're fine people. However, the way they say "Mongolian" in Japanese along with their accent just made me fall apart in class. Pretty much all they were doing was saying "MONgoro" (with a swoop up to the "n", and a slide back down on "goro") to describe their national festival, and every time it was mentioned, I cracked up.

After the first dude went down, I thought I was safe. I had made it through his speech without bursting out loudly, but I was teetering on the brink the entire time. But then the second Mongolian went up after him AND HE DID THE EXACT SAME THING. By the end of his speech, I was biting my toungue and crying from laughter. I never cried from laughing before. I figured it would be from laughing at something ridiculously hilarious, but apparently for me it happens for the dumbest reasons ever.

When class was over, I felt like a big douche for laughing at how they talked. Hopefully they won't get angry and team up on me because there's like five of them in the class. And if they didn't realize I was laughing at their speeches this time, hopefully they won't give any more speeches about their home country's customs, because I dunno if I could make it through another speech.