Sleepless Ponderables

Saturday, Jul. 19, 2003 - 11:26 a.m.

I've been up all night with the condition colloquially known as the 'green apple quick step'. I feel terrible. I was supposed to go up to Yuba City and see the relatives today, but didn't manage to do that.

When I am up all night even though I'm sleepy, I think of nutsy stuff like this:

-Why, in the name of all that is reasonable, do Americans when talking with somebody from Ireland / UK / Australia / New Zealand, find it compulsory to imitate that person's accent -- during the actual conversation? Doesn't anybody stop and think of how rude this is? These are probably the same assholes who slow the car, roll the window down, and are compelled to 'moo' whenever they drive past a field full of cows.

-If the Minnow was only on a three-hour tour, where did Ginger get all of those dresses?

-Why are hamsters meaner now than they were thirty years ago when I had them for pets?

-Why was anybody with the last name of 'Gabor' ever famous?

-Is Roz from 'Monsters, Inc' sexually active? And if so, what does she sound like while she's fucking?

sigh.... :)

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5 of my readers commented on this entry

Jeff
hahaha. I saw your banner on Diaryland and I thought it was funny, so I checked your diary out and you're pretty random but I like it. Haha, you know I wonder what Roz would sound like too.. haha ;D
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Jessi
HEY! I'm American! :P Just kidding. (about being mad, but I am American) Anyways, I like your randomness, it's way cool. And erm... well, I've nevered mooed at a feild of cows, but my friend Rachel does occasionally. :S Lol, I do have to admit though, us freaks over here to have a habit of imitating others' accents. I do it when I'm talking to my friend Alyx in England, but it's really not meant to be rude. We're jealous I tell you! :( I wanna cool accent. *teartear* And besides, ya'll imitate us too! Just messin with ya. Love your diary. Jessi, a.k.a. Tomato smile.every.once.in.a.while.even.if.it.hurts.
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Carla
I moo when I see cows but only because I like them and I'm giving them a greeting.. which, in reality, I know they could care less about, but I like cows. As for the accent, I know some people do it to be jerks, but I've known people that pick up accents without realizing it and can talk to someone once and begin to use their accent, then when you tell them about it, they're highly mortified that you'd accuse them of such a thing. Still irritating, I know...
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metame
I have a Canadian friend who speaks in the most atrocious southern accent when she visits me in the south. I am mortified when she does this. I don't think it's intentional, as Carla indicated, and I wanted to point out that not only Americans are guilty of this act. :)
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hysmith
Just goes to show you, I *do* actually drop in from time to time. :) In my own defence, I'm one of those people who is something of a verbal chameleon; I pick up not only accents but speech mannerisms from the folks around me, all without conscious volition. I had a customer about four years ago whose management team was all from Sydney; it amused them greatly and they even played into it, laying on the accent and slang twice as thick around me. :) I've even noticed that I do it in IM; if someone has a distinctive chat style I've found myself mirroring it at times. No one has complained yet, but I do see how someone might.
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