I'm cannot help but imitating the accent of the person I'm speaking with.
After a week in U.S., my jaws hurt from trying to imitate the accent. But it worked, in a way: people thought I was an American. American with a speech defect, but an American.
Or, possibly, the Americans I came across didn't understand that those tourists have different accents than their own.
According to several friends who have done this, Barney Frank's phone-answering people are really appreciative if you call his office to let him know that he's awesome. They've been dealing with irate calls all day yesterday and today.
Shir: I'd absolutely love some help. I just need to get some of the letters down first. I'm dyslexic, which I swear is *seriously* getting in the way of learning a whole new alphabet. I never had this much trouble with French, German or Spanish (I thought I had an ear for languages, until I encountered ones from outside of Western Europe).
Of course! Email me, and I'll send you my Skype username.
And I have to ask - what is it in Hebrew accents that you find hard to follow?
My officemate is a Democrat and also a hunter, and thus owns several guns. I think he's the only person I know who's ever told me that he owns a gun.
Maybe republican gun collectors are afraid Obama's going to have them on a list if they let you know?
Then there's the guys showing up at Obama's visits in Arizona toting their assault rifles over their shoulders.
I DO want those guys on a list. That's bad taste, and therefore a mockable offense.
I'm cannot help but imitating the accent of the person I'm speaking with.
Shir is me.
I am she as you are she as you are me and we are all together.
Me too with the accent changing thing. I once left my parents a ridiculous and long British-inflected voicemail after watching
An Ideal Husband.
Maybe republican gun collectors are afraid Obama's going to have them on a list if they let you know?
Silly republicans. I'm the one keeping the list for Obama. (No exceptions! The first name on the list is my nephew's.)
I just put down a set of those interlocking foam tiles in my kitchen, and it makes a huge difference in how long I can comfortably stand there.
Where did you get yours, Hil?