I love my students. They are smart and funny but sometimes they totally miss the mark.  Last week given the unseasonably warm weather we were having, I decided to introduce the idea of an Indian Summer to my kids knowing full well that in Bulgaria there's a similar saying: Gypsy Summer.

So I used the word in context.

Then I asked them if they understood the phrase. Lots of heads shook yes.

There was a pause and one of the students said. We have the same thing. It's um, a, um, Roma Summer.