to join

wtf. Today in class I had to do a dictation for the bilingual kids. Before I start, this one kid in the back calls my name, hoping that I'd go over there without the teacher finding out. The teacher called him out on it, though: "Qué quieres?" "Nada, le llamaba a Arturo." "Es mi clase. Qué quieres?" Damn. Anyway, I know this kid, and he probably just wanted to say "joint," pretend to smoke a joint, and laugh. He always does that. srsly. Well, the kid gets reprimanded, and so afterwards, I begin the dictation. I get to, "Spain joined the European Union in 1986," and the kids are having trouble understanding 'joined.' So I pronounce it slowly and emphasize the ending so they know it's in the past tense. Joined... joint... the guy in the back starts giggling. Then the teacher comes up behind me, laughs, and whispers, "Joint. Como un porro!" Ay, ay, ay.