Language Gap or Generation Gap?

When I logged into Blogger tonight my husband asked me, are you writing smack about China???

No, of course not dear, I always keep it educational and unbiased here. Why would I write smack about China??? **Stares at toes.** Maybe I should just write about the cat...

Many people have asked me if Jason and I have communication issues. Especially since, when we met, neither one of us spoke the other's language very well. The truth is, that's one of the things that makes our relationship so special... our ability to "get" each other, even when language fails us. To be honest, Jason's English these days is MUCH better than my Chinese.

I got a text from him the other day while he was at work. It said. "I'M CAPSLOCK... SO BUSY!"
Huh??? I'm pretty good at deciphering Jason's Chinglish... but this one didn't make any sense to me. I didn't reply.

When he got home that night, he flopped down on the bed, exhausted. He says, I learned a new word today. CAPSLOCK! It means you're angry. I laughed in pity. Oh honey, when you push caps lock and write in all caps, it appears that you are screaming, but people don't use the word capslock as a euphemism for being angry. Over the next few days I continued to laugh to myself. I'M SO CAPSLOCK!!!

In preparation for writing this blog, I looked up CAPSLOCK in the urban dictionary:

Well, there you have it. Looks like I was wrong. Who knew?