What are you braying?

We are all mind readers. That person is angry. That person is sad. That person is arrogant.

We also do this with animals: This donkey is greedy. That donkey is judgmental.

And sometimes, we do this to entire groups of people. Germans sound … . The French sound …. . Italians sound … .

We know that these are clichés, and that we might be completely wrong when we are “reading” someone’s tone of voice. And still – we can’t help ourselves.

No matter whether your English loves interpreting people’s tone of voice, or whether it just shrugs and says “I am tone deaf, sorry”: This episode is for you.

This episode is inspired by Whimsey the donkey (Si apre in una nuova finestra). Thank you, Whimsey. You are the best mini donkey in the world.

PS: If you are a German native speaker, you have probably struggled with the difference between the words “pathetic” and “melodramatic”. This is the episode for you!