guau, guau, guau

The first time I heard a hispanic person make a dog sound I laughed and then I said, "Dogs don't sound like that." I admit it; I have embarrassing, stereotypical American-arrogance tendencies.

bark, ruff, arf!

I spent this past weekend with friends from Seattle. I crashed a beautiful wedding - congratulations to 'Ese & Lorieal - practiced some Spanish and infected the aforementioned friends and their family with my Ode to Kiwi's accent. By the end of the second day even their toddler and grandmother were dropping some Kiwi flavored phrases. We were viral to the point the same toddler eventually complained to his mum, "Why are you talking like them?" Sorry boo.

Have you been watching X Factor? I love Willie Jones' Louisiana accent. I think that would be fun to try on for a couple of days.

Accents I'd like to test drive:

1. Irish brogue

2. Louisiana

3. Pidgin

4. Bostonian

5. African english

6. Georgia-n (the state)

7. Russian

8. Indian

9. Scottish

10. Kiwi!

Obviously learning the languages is do able, but would take me a long time and a whole lot of effort. My intent is to master the lingering accents their first language or culture causes when they speak English. I think it's fascinating how the same language can be personal and region-specific - LOVE IT - and that somewhere someone's version of English could be totally over my head. Oh yeah, how could I forget jamaican!

Sleep. Work.