Today's Oops
1."Oh I bumped into you!", "Oops and you!"..."Ohhhhhhh I am on the wrong side of the walkway in the middle of the mall. I should be on the left side!!!"Apparently each country, without knowing, walks on the same side of a path that they would take if they were driving down the street. To make this worse I didn't even realize I had bumped into people until they looked at me with disgruntled eyes.
2. I still stare at foreigners, shush don't tell. By the way define foreigners as Western Europeans, although I stare at Asians too cause I am so happy to see them.
3. I "tapped" my phone very aggressively today. Don't worry it's ok and it's learned how far it can push me.
4. One way I have adjusted was I was trying to search for my parent's State's side zip code today and kept on typing in postal code.Before you know I am saying nappy for diaper and it's all downhill from there.
5. I backed away from someone when I was thought perhaps I was standing too close to them today and then they looked at me and I thought, "Uh Oh now they think I think they smell bad or something." No way to win on this one.
Can't wait to read your posts after you've lived there longer and you don't even know your vocab has changed until someone comments, "Christa, what's a jumper?" =)
ReplyDeleteMmm too true. I just posted about the fact I have forgotten what my English sounds like. How is that even possible. I seem to be operating under the delusion that I speak with an Australian accent. The only thing that keeps me from really believing it is all the,"Well that's a lovely little accent where do you come from?", questions I get.
ReplyDelete