You know you've been living in the US too long when .....
Jan 15th 2019, 3:19 pm
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Re: You know you've been living in the US too long when .....
On the flip side my pronunciations of "ant" and "aunt" are identical, as as are "pawn" and "porn", whereas Mrs P insists each pair have different pronunciations for the two words.
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Jan 15th 2019, 3:20 pm
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Re: You know you've been living in the US too long when .....
Jan 15th 2019, 3:30 pm
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No worries cobber. (I do hope that using extinct language isn't cultural appropriation, I'd die of shame)
(there's no dead person smiley, so I used a wake one) I'm babbling now.
Jan 15th 2019, 3:33 pm
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Jan 15th 2019, 5:26 pm
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Re: You know you've been living in the US too long when .....
I don't think they misunderstand me, it's more a case of them thinking for a second "What's a tomahto?" and sometimes I've repeated it the same way and they've gone "Oh, okay Tomayto!" I don't particularly have a strong accent either. It's really mild! It takes people a few words of conversation before they go "Oh...where are you from?"
Jan 15th 2019, 6:18 pm
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Yeah but how often does that cause confusion...
Jan 15th 2019, 6:36 pm
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Neither does he...
Or the hair.
Or the hair.
Jan 15th 2019, 6:37 pm
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I always give people troubles when ordering "ham" for a sub/sandwich. Although now it's become a running joke with the folks that work there.
Jan 15th 2019, 6:55 pm
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You can get bacon on everything but you can't get a bacon sandwich.
Jan 15th 2019, 10:42 pm
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Jan 15th 2019, 11:39 pm
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'pon my soul!
Jan 16th 2019, 2:05 pm
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