I can feel sensitive about it, but I do try to just take it for what it is. I know that when I first was getting to know my husband (and "British", or even solely Yorkshire, words!) I often teased him just as much as he teased me (we both still do!
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I find it a bit peculiar when I have to back myself up and rephrase what I was saying to people over the phone, especially at work, and with phone calls I make in regards to my bills etcetera. I have had to totally retrain my brain to speaking/phrasing in more of a "British sense" (as much as I am stubborn... I am stubborn about not changing my American-ness. While I love Britain, I am proud to be American and don't intend to 'turn British' like Madonna or what have you...)
However, I have found that this works most of the time... except when people in my family call me! Then I forget, and I phrase things in a British way, and they tell me, "*gigglegiggle* You are sounding so British, Gena..." And then I go, "NO! GAH! NO!"
Boy, did my coworkers think I was a hoot when I first started my job at an NHS hospital...
For weeks, I kept hearing them ask or say to each other, "Want to nip down to the Canteen?"
I had just started my job, but it took me three weeks after hearing that over and over before I asked someone, "...Is there a restaurant in here called Canteen... where is it?"
My coworker laughed and laughed and said, "...I think you guys call them cafeterias..."
*face --> palm*