A stellar example of a
parenting fail.
When a child is raised to believe that the
rectangular paper cloth used to wipe your mouth at the table is called a
Nakin. This usually results from an initial mispronunciation at a young age followed by a lack of grammatical correction on the parents part. It can be very embarrassing for the misguided child when he is publicly humiliated by his peers after he asks for a "
nakin" at the dinner table. The telling of this story later in life will most likely cause someone to have the best day of their life.
Sean: Excuse me Mrs
Johnson,
could you please pass me a nakin?
Mrs Johnson:
A what?!
Sean: A nakin, could you pass me a nakin?
Mrs Johnson: What the STICK is a nakin???
Sean: (embarrassed)