Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Invasion of the Body Snatchers...

...so, my roomates are starting to get accents. Not all of them, but two for sure. One of them has been speaking with her "accent" since the second night we got here. The other has started catching herself using British terms here and there. I have caught myself doing this as well from time to time, but I only do it so the people I speak to can understand me. For instance, instead of saying apartment, I say "flat" and instead of roomates, I say "flatmates" and the subway has turned into the "tube". I also catch myself saying "quite" a lot. Like "that's quite good" or "it's quite chilly in here". It is not half as bad however as the fake British accent my roomate has started to adopt. I have a feeling this may progressively get worse the longer we're here. Hopefully this does not become annoying. Only time will tell. Till next time, much love.

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