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dolo amber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 05:03 PM Original message |
I think I shout at people who don't speak English |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's the only way they can understand English |
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dolo amber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 05:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Clearly that's my theory! |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. If it helps, it's not just we Ugly Americans... |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
4. I catch myself doing the same thing once in a while. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
5. I don't do that, but I DO find myself mirroring the accent of non-native English speakers I talk to. |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I do that, too. When I lived in the South, I mirrored a Southern accent. |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 05:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Oh, dog — I do that too |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. YES! I do that too, subconsciously of course. It angers people |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
6. That's the law |
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dolo amber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. LynneSin said I should scream like a castrated Viking |
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Call Me Wesley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
7. Do they shout back? |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
8. Especially since he was just there to pick up the FedEx packages... |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
10. this is because foreigners speak loudly |
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texas1928 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
11. WHY ARE YOU YELLING AT ME!!! |
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