Where else would the conversation go? We'd be going around in circles! Or, worse, hit a dead end!
That would be horrible, wouldn't it? I love how we manage to keep convos going for like 4 months. With long pauses in there, but still going. *hugs us*
Aren't they there to experience what it's like to be an American student?
That's what I thought.
I mean, sure, if I was from a completely foreign country and didn't know hardly any english I'd probably feel a little out-of place and homesick, and then I'd like to keep in touch with my family, but... not all the time. I'd still love to learn as much as I could about the way things work in that country.
Exactly. I know I'd be freaked and spend time talking to my family, because me and change don't get along at all, but it would suck to spend all your time there. I'd at least do everything that they arranged for me to do and try to hang out and learn stuff. Like english.
And then I could Australianize you! ...*snort* But yeah. I know you wouldn't do that. I reckon you'd be all with the learning and asking questions. And answering questions. And correcting other people's answers.
Exactly. Totally would. Twould be great. I wouldn't be able to throw off the accent for weeks after I got back. Because I'm like that. It'd be an American accented accent, if that makes sense, but it'd be stuck in my head forever.
Even though I suck with the whole communication thing when it comes to people who know hardly any english or have really really heavy accents.
I'm always so afraid that I'll unconsciously start imitating their accent (because, again, something that I do) but, you know, it won't be good, so they'd either laugh because it sucked or think I was either making fun of them. Which would be sad. I don't usually have a problem understanding them, though. Unless it's over the phone. Because the phone garbles things.
My boss would tell me to do something and I'd see another employee or a customer and be all "Yeah, I'm just going to hit on them now." It was pretty amusing.
Odd. But my dreams of late have been. . . interesting, to say the least, so I can't talk.
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Date: 2007-02-20 03:50 am (UTC)That would be horrible, wouldn't it? I love how we manage to keep convos going for like 4 months. With long pauses in there, but still going. *hugs us*
Aren't they there to experience what it's like to be an American student?
That's what I thought.
I mean, sure, if I was from a completely foreign country and didn't know hardly any english I'd probably feel a little out-of place and homesick, and then I'd like to keep in touch with my family, but... not all the time. I'd still love to learn as much as I could about the way things work in that country.
Exactly. I know I'd be freaked and spend time talking to my family, because me and change don't get along at all, but it would suck to spend all your time there. I'd at least do everything that they arranged for me to do and try to hang out and learn stuff. Like english.
And then I could Australianize you! ...*snort* But yeah. I know you wouldn't do that. I reckon you'd be all with the learning and asking questions. And answering questions. And correcting other people's answers.
Exactly. Totally would. Twould be great. I wouldn't be able to throw off the accent for weeks after I got back. Because I'm like that. It'd be an American accented accent, if that makes sense, but it'd be stuck in my head forever.
Even though I suck with the whole communication thing when it comes to people who know hardly any english or have really really heavy accents.
I'm always so afraid that I'll unconsciously start imitating their accent (because, again, something that I do) but, you know, it won't be good, so they'd either laugh because it sucked or think I was either making fun of them. Which would be sad. I don't usually have a problem understanding them, though. Unless it's over the phone. Because the phone garbles things.
My boss would tell me to do something and I'd see another employee or a customer and be all "Yeah, I'm just going to hit on them now." It was pretty amusing.
Odd. But my dreams of late have been. . . interesting, to say the least, so I can't talk.