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maybe just throw in random English words like "blimey", "crickey", and "the telly". Toddlers with British accents are so cute.

I like this. "Father, pause the telly. I'm using the loo."

I have to try something to combat the weird pockets of southern style drawl that she gets subjected to in KC. "There" and where" have become 2 syllable words to her.
 
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I like this. "Father, can you get the telly. I'm using the loo."

I have to try something to combat the weird pockets of southern style drawl that she gets subjected to in KC. "There" and where" have become 2 syllable words to her.

You mean they're not?

...and I thought telly was television, not telephone...?
 
I was on a bus in England near Birmingham and there was a guy yelling into his phone the whole time. Outside of the swear words I barely understood a word he said.
 
bollocks! That's what I get for trying to work and CF at the same time

+1 for the English swear.

Don't want to start a new thread for this...

Reserved a hotel through Expedia for one night this weekend. Right now, it's showing in our account the rate we were quoted +$20 being "held". Is that normal until the charge officially goes through? (The +$20 that is)
 
+1 for the English swear.

Don't want to start a new thread for this...

Reserved a hotel through Expedia for one night this weekend. Right now, it's showing in our account the rate we were quoted +$20 being "held". Is that normal until the charge officially goes through? (The +$20 that is)


I don't think I've seen that before.... maybe it's new?
 
+1 for the English swear.

Don't want to start a new thread for this...

Reserved a hotel through Expedia for one night this weekend. Right now, it's showing in our account the rate we were quoted +$20 being "held". Is that normal until the charge officially goes through? (The +$20 that is)

This is totally normal. That's why people are discouraged from using debit cards for hotel reservations. The hotel wants to make sure their money is available in case you cancel, skip out, etc. The $20 is for any incidentals you may charge to your room.
 
I tried to convince my wife that we should speak with English accents around our daughter for the first 4 years of he life so she'd pick up on it.

My wife is no fun some times.

Of course, my wife's English accent sounds like some odd combination of English/Australian/French/Farsi/Chinese/Texan anyway.

A friend of mine is great with character voices and accents, and he has an 8 m/o daughter. I'm seriously interested in what kind of accent she has when she starts talking.
 
So I drove past the Front Row in Windsor Heights this morning. For those of you who don't know, it's a Hawkeye bar. Anyhow, there's a six foot tall Herky statue that used to stand next to the door. I say used to because someone knocked it over and broke it in half. As a responsible adult, I can't condone vandalism and I hope they find whoever did it. As an immature Cyclone fan, the image of Herky laying on the sidewalk broken in half makes me giggle.
 
why am I so tired today? Yes, I should go to bed sooner, but I didn't go to bed later than usual. Today I'm just dragging.
 
I'm going on a 4 day fishing trip after work today. My productivity is already at an all time low an hour and a half into the day.
 
I'm still finding skittles in my car from two years ago when my daughter spilled a bag. I have no idea where they are coming from.
 
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