Wayfarer's Tavern

Lydia, do you speak in English at home??

 

I do... well... More like English with a lot of Dutch words in between.

 

Curious...

Is this the norm where you live, or is this particular to your family?

Fascinating.

 

I feel like I'm too old to learn a second language

 

Haha, no, not the norm, definitely not.
When my parents were younger and only had like tree kids or something, they traveled around in foreign countries (Spain, Portugal, Italy) in a Christian group. But since it was kind of impossible to learn to language of every different country, they decided to learn English.
When they moved back to Belgium, their next kids learned it too, so now we speakie English. (And Dutch, o'course )

 

I speak passable German, and I got quite good at Spanish when I was in Peru. I've pretty much forgotten it all, though. I recognize things here and there, but that's about it.

Believe it or not, Iowa actually does have an accent, but I don't have it. My grandfather does.

Instead of 'flesh', he'd say 'flaysh'. There's more funky pronunciations, but I can't remember them off the top of my head.

Edit: Another one! Instead of 'wash' he'd say 'warsh'. Actually, my dad does that too.

 

I'm sure you have an accent. I recall hearing something when I watched one of your vids...

 

You heard nothing!

 

Haha, I did.

 

Well what was it? Do I really have an accent? If so, that's awesome!

 

Everyone has an accent...we had a whole thread on it once

 

Hold on, I iz looking for the vid...


Edit: Okay, I found it! Yeah, you do have an accent... I can't tell if it's Iowan though, since I don't really know what that sounds like.

 

Yes, I discovered it just yesterday! It was pretty awesome!

 

Yes.

(haha when we were in Italy a load of kids from Arizona on a sort of 'seeEuropeQuick' tour came over and were saying things like 'oh right so why do you call sidewalks PAAYVEMENTS? whay don't you call it the TRUNK? and what is a knicker??' they were amazed to think they had an accent to us. So much.)

 

Yeah, saw it. Saw your video too, 'Mina.

Which video is it heard in, Lydia? Which song?

 

I Know You.

 

I want videos Lav

 

G'night people!

 

Good night, Lyida!! *Waves hands*

 

hey people

 

back from lunch..what did I miss?

 

Well, it wasn't just those states, but they were the two I could think of. It was really several South East states. Occasionally Puerto Rican customers made it to my call centre if they spoke English or didn't press two for Spanish.

I think we've had more than one, not to mention discussions about it here and in the chatbox.

 

Pink little worms on the end of a string.
String in the water, to the fishes it will sing.
Fish on the line and up into the air.
A day in the sun, on the water, with no care.

 

I bet the fish cares

 

What up with that quote??