As an aside, a mates girlfriend is British-born Chinese. I gave her a lift once (helping to fix her car). She rang her mum and was like
"something in mandarin something in mandarin Halfords something in mandarin something in mandarin locking wheel-nut something in mandarin something in mandarin something in mandarin something in mandarin the AA"
Somethings she'd just never learnt the words for. I didn't know she spoke it though so was well confused when she first picked up the phone!