Actual conversations...

Haha! But that sounds like a good thing! (Maybe not for Ludwig though, hehe...)

Hm, I wouldn't know how to go about it. When I'm ready to have babies I should read books on that.

oh, i´m sure it´s good for him. he doesn´t have a very strong accent but it´s usually enough to make any german woman swoon.

Technically Phil is trilingual, but I don't know what language he was raised with. Probably Portuguese, because that's where they lived.

Accents are great. I love to hear Pål Martin talk English, haha.

Yeah that's because his teachers were mostly from Canada or something. He actually found that out when we went to a library and the salesgirl had a very similar accent, so he asked her what it was, and then everything made sense.

I wish I sounded British. I sound stupidly Romanian when I speak any language.

because parents to the silliest things sometimes!

I can't even speak English half the time...
But I can't stop telling stories.

Portuguese people have an American accent when they speak English because films are shown in original versions on TV and at the movies. I have the confirmation once in a while when I talk to Portuguese customers on the phone.

Speaking of accents, I tend to adopt my interlocutor's fairly quickly when we speak English.

I pick up the local accent wherever I happen to be if I'm there very long. It's unintentional and annoying once I become aware of it.

How is that relevant? All the movies are subtitled in Romania, except those for children, and I don't have any kind of American accent.

I don't know.I've heard it from other people too.

Phil is a special case though, he's been all over Europe.

He is a special case.

EDIT_

My post annoyed me.

It's my theory that California has no native accent, so we pick them us so easily.

I'd love to hear y'all adopt my accent.

If I were in Atlanta two weeks you'd swear I was born there.

I am not sure I do that, but, people do have a tendency to try to guess what part of Europe I am from. Saying my accent is so subtle they can't quite place it and where am I from exactly?

Right here, sweetheart. I just put effort into speaking properly combined with an inability to pronounce a good portion of the words I like best properly at all.

I do that too. I once had an entire conversation in a British accent without realizing it until someone asked me where I'm from

Back to the topic of the thread....

*conversation between me and girl*
*she notices her bf had walked away*
Her: Where'd (her bf) go?
Me: He left. I'm here if you need a shoulder to cry on.
Other girl just joining the convo: That for me? (referring to my shoulder)
Me: Well, I do have two shoulders..

awwwwww

It's hard to tell because it's written, but my general tone with people is usually sarcasm. But yeah, it's always fun to make someone laugh or roll their eyes.

Even better to make them melt.

Where I work there are and have been loads of multilingual kids. At the moment there's a girl who's Dad only speaks to her in French and Mum only speaks to her in Japanese. I had another girl who knew Italian, Portugese and Japanese. And they all speak english too, and we teach them Maori.

Morning email trail with my manager:

H: Morning! Would you mind if I carried over 5 days holiday to 2013?
Manager: That’s fine – it just can’t be more than five for the carry-over. Otherwise, I get in trouble. And no-one wants that!
H: I do!
H: ...joke
Manager: Sacked!

having a boss you get a long with nicely is the best thing ever !

Dad: How's the not smoking going?
Me: It's good, I've still quit...
Dad: Because I saw your fags in the back of that photo you sent me of the kitten.

Oops! I'm still giggling over this, what a way to get caught out!

Yes, it is great! He's very chilled and there's no bullshit.

Hah! I just read that, I'd love a boss I could actually talk to like a human.

What have been your quitting methods so far, if it all?

Nicotine patches - I'm really good at quitting and quit for 6 months at a time but always fall back to it, it's starting smoking again that I struggle with. Quitting again in new year, not going to start back up. I always think "I can just have one, it won't matter," and then 3 months later I'm full time smoking again. I suck.

I always say this to people (so sorry if I sound like a broken record) but hypnotherapy is a really good (but expensive) alternative to patches. My Mum finally kicked her 30-something year habit (after exhausting pretty much every other method) about four years ago.

Anyway, good luck and think of all the money you'll save to buy nice things for yourself/Henry instead

Ha! Were the fags smoking?

No he's just a snoop! He must forensically analyse every photo I send him. He recognises my brand.

Fag being derogatory/slang for gay, is what he meant.

People don't really call smokes fags in the US at all.

Made me think of that :

Oops! I didn't even think! I'm a dork.
I never call them "fags" either but my dad does it purposely to make smoking sound as common and unpleasant as possible.

Fags aren't that common.

There are some unpleasant ones though....

Cancer sticks? Coffin nails? Darts?

Squares.

Rocking a grit?

My friend and I used to call them "porkies". This is cigarettes before anyone makes another joke about homosexuals! It's like a minefield around here.

Heh heh "porkies".

James- You have a machete in your room?
Me- Yup.
James- Cool, can I see it?
Me- Sure. *hands him machete*
James- Awesome. Can I try it?
Me- No... *takes back machete*

My friend works in HR.

Him: So I'm supposed to consider each person on a case by case basis. For example, a guy applied a few years ago and was perfect except he was convinced of domestic violence. "Fabricated claim" of course. Because his wife "fabricated medical evidence" to make it look like he strangled her.

Me: So what'd you tell the store?

Him: Well I wanted to say, "It should be fine as long as we don't hire his wife."

Me: What did you actually say?

Him: I said I did not recommend bringing him on as a team member.

Hah! Must be rubbish working in HR. I couldn't hire someone like that, sorry! Your friend is funny.

!

Me: Okay lets pull up your account whats your phone number
Customer: I'm not sure can you tell me what it starts with.
Me:...How would I know that I dont have an account infront of me.
Customer: oh okay does it start with 770?