Re: Integrating snippets from other languages into your L1

li [Larry Sulky] mi tulis la


I could think of quite a few ...

Working for a Chinese-owned company and hearing the guys in the back
reading serial numbers in Mandarin actually caused me and a coworker to
start saying things like "ba" (8) and "chi" (7) when reading numbers.
We did get a good laugh out of it.

Living in New Orleans for a short time and resisting the local dialect,
I still caught myself speaking non-rhotically and even through in an
occasional "ya all".  These habits disappeared quickly after moving back
to Hellifornia.

I was working for a short time on a cruise ship which was staffed mostly
by foreigners and the other officers were mainly Norwegians.  I really
don't know where or how, but I did find myself saying "nei" instead of
"no" sometimes.

I picked up a lot of Aussie expressions on my trip there in 1999.  I
still say things like "no worries" and "shout" (drinks).