Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Foreign accents and such.

When I meet a person of Latin or Eastern European origin, I find that I match their accent. And then some. "Jace, ees soooo gooood to meet joo, too", or "Das Boot". It's quite fun. Also, it puts my new friend at ease. They take comfort in talking to a countryman. Inevitably, they will mistakenly believe I speak the actual language and transition from broken English to their native Russian or Spanish. Things take a turn for the worse when I scream "No-a-speaka-dy!", or "Nyet-a-speaka-dy!" As I walk away I look back to see not anger, but sadness.

1 comment:

Robin said...

Where is zee decklaration of the day??