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Como Se Dice?
So my sister and I have a running debate on what the proper pronunciation of certain foreign foods and words should be…do we pronounce them as they would in their home country? Or do we say it with our natural American (and Californian, nonetheless) accents? It started when she simply said “I made some homemade bruschetta!” but pronounced it “bru-sket-ta.” I stared her in the face for a good 10 seconds until it finally occurred to me that she was pronouncing the dish the way Italians do; although authentic, it was foreign to my ears. Who did she think she was? Giada De Laurentiis?
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How Facebook Made Us Crap Our Pants
Admittedly, I am a Facebook stalker…and I’m pretty sure my entire office is as well. On a slow day, evening, morning, afternoon – okay, anytime of day – I will just browse through my friends’ profiles and pictures. Sometimes albums will link me out to other people’s profiles whom I’m not even friends with and 20 minutes and six-degrees of separation later, I’m staring at a group of people and I don’t recognize one face. But I swear that’s not out of the ordinary…
