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[astro_noms]

Hello new friends! Here's a little about me.

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Have a helpful A-Z meme I stole from mysticshell that will tell you a little about me:

A - ACCENT: Heh. I learned English from watching TV in Canada, so it's a mix of Canadian and General American. I pronounce "sorry" as /sohree/, not /sahree/ like some Americans do. I do not say "aboot." I tend to pick up intonations from people around me, which is why in the two years I've lived in Poland my accent has become "generally American-ish, but with a somewhere-in-Europe influence." In the two months I've lived in Wales, I've picked up some random Welsh inflections, so it's probably all sorts of weird now. To people around here, I sound American. Hell, I sound American even when speaking French, as I found out when I attempted to give directions to a French dude when I was in London. (He asked in broken English and then trailed off into French, so I wanted to be helpful. I managed to make myself understood, but got a "ahh, vous-etes Americaine, non?" He was the only person to make that assumption not to apologize when I corrected him - everyone here is all "oh! sorry!" when I clarify I'm Canadian.)

B - BIRTHDAY MONTH: February, right on the Aquarius-Pisces cusp.

C - CHORE YOU HATE: General cleaning up, I guess? Is there anyone who likes that?

D - DAD'S NAME: Waldemar. From the Ancient Germanic "vald mari," which means "famous ruler."

E - ESSENTIAL MAKE-UP ITEM: Mascara. Most of the time I don't wear anything other than a little bit of mascara and some lip balm, although I'm trying to learn how to do makeup and wear more a bit more often.

F - FAVOURITE PERFUME/COLOGNE: No particular brand, but I love vanilla scented things.

G - GOLD OR SILVER: Silver, although I'm allergic to something in the silver that's made in the US/Canada. A jeweler in Poland told me it has something to do with it being rhodium-plated? IDK, I'm allergic to non-precious metals, too (ugh, belt buckles), so it could be as simple as a nickel allergy.

H - HOMETOWN: Born in Wrocław, Poland. Grew up in Edmonton, Canada.

I - INSOMNIA: Occasionally.

J - JOB TITLE: Student, as well as freelance translator.

K - KIDS: Not at the moment. Not planning on any at the moment.

L - LIVING ARRANGEMENTS: While here in Wales, renting a house with four other roommates. When I go back to Poland, we'll see.

M - MOM'S BIRTHPLACE: Zabrze, Poland.

N - NUMBER OF APPLES YOU'VE EATEN: None today. In my lifetime? Probably about eleventy gazillion. (That is *too a number. *nods sagely*)

O - OVERNIGHT HOSPITAL STAYS: Three or four, I think? I'm not sure.

P - PHOBIA: Spiders. Bees/wasps/hornets/dragonflies/other small flappy things.

Q - QUEST: Taking over the world, naturally. Actually, I'd like to get some of my writing published. Not necessarily to be able to make a living as a writer, but just publish something. Possibly I will end up going the self-publish route.

R - RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Born and raised Catholic. Currently ostensibly practicing Catholic (for the sake of my grandparents), but I have major problems with the Roman Catholic church, so my heart isn't really in it. If I ever live in a country where non-Catholics aren't super rare, I might consider exploring my options since I do actually sometimes feel the need to go to church.

S - SIBLINGS: None.

T - TIME YOU WAKE UP: These days, I try for around 8-ish, but I'm not always successful.

U - UNNATURAL HAIR COLOUS YOU'VE WORN: Purple, orange (from an attempt at bleaching my hair at home), greenish (accidentally, from trying an ash blonde shade on bleached hair), various unnatural shades of red.

V - VEGETABLE YOU REFUSE TO EAT: I'm not too crazy about olives, but I don't actually refuse to eat them. I have no desire to eat artichokes.

W - WORST HABIT: Procrastination.

X - X-RAYS YOU'VE HAD: Lungs, middle toe on my right foot. A bunch of dental x-rays.

Y - YUMMY FOODS YOU MAKE: EVERYTHING I MAKE IS YUMMY. I love to make traditional things, like cabbage rolls and stews, or lighter fare like crepes and salads.

Z - ZANY QUIRK: In this day and age, is knitting still a zany quirk?

Comments

[rhivolution]

pronounce "sorry" as /sohree/, not /sahree/ like the Americans do.

Interesting, I pronounce it closer to the former. I think it might be linked to the whole Great Northern Shift phenomenon though.

[astro_noms]

That should actually say "like *some Americans do." A friend from Philly told me that that was one of the things that gave me away as a Canadian. Annnd now I'm in a wikipedia tab vortex again, reading about phonetics and phonology. :)

[semele]

Typical.

(Yes, I'm gonna keep trolling you. Writing is boring, you know.)

[astro_noms]

I told you I was bored! :P

[semele]

LET'S GO BLOW UP STUFF!

[astro_noms]

FUCK YEAH!

[mysticalchild_isis]

Woo, February birthdays!

Are you allergic to apples?

[astro_noms]

Nope, just don't have any in the house at the moment. I had a banana, though! :)

ETA: Apparently I can't read, because my brain tacked on a "today" onto that. Whoops. *edits*

[mythicgeek]

Does your 'sorry' rhyme with 'worry 'or is that still not quite right?

Also Wales and Poland *chinhands* I'm just saying if you post pictures of either I'll happily squee.

[astro_noms]

Yeah, it's pretty much the same vowel, although it might be slightly allophonic. I know some people pronounce "worry" almost like "whirr-y," and that's definitely not me.

Oh man, I keep meaning to upload the photos and do a picspam, and never getting around to it. SOON.

[mythicgeek]

I have heard that before but not very often in my neck of the woods. I definitely say like 'sari' myself.

Oh I hear you. I maybe upload one photo at a time to put in posts because well. Lazy. But I may have to do a photo post or two soon!

[cosmicunknown]

Purple sounds like a fun color for hair!

[astro_noms]

It was a lot of fun! I kinda miss it, but living in Poland, at my age, it's not worth the comments and the weird looks I'd get if I did it. I'll stick with various shades of red for now, I think. :)

[admiral]

Waldemar is like the best name, seriously.
So both your parents are Polish, then?

/quietly steals meme

[astro_noms]

Yeah, both of them are Polish, and I was born there. Although I've lived 19 years in Canada, and 15-ish years in Poland, so I basically consider myself both, rather than like, first-generation Polish-Canadian. IDK.

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