Dave, what can I say? You learn to speak to be understood. When I visit my mother in California, she thinks I have a British accent. But, really, I just use the expressions I have become comfortable with over the last 26 years.

I took a written test to renew my California driving license a few years ago. The inspector said, "Well, sir, you aced it!" I said, "Is that good?" My dad was upset that after 10 minutes with the driver's manual, I got 100% on the multiple guess test, which he had never done after years of study.


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