Originally posted by Goose
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Oh, and then there's the fact that part of my family growing up was bilingual in English and Swedish, which means I'll occasionally pepper my speech with the odd idiomatic phrase in Swedish, despite my not really speaking that language. I'm surprised I don't get more odd looks than I do.
* albeit in a purely American accent, except when I'm on the phone with my Australian friend, whose speech for some reason influences my own
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