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How Do You Identify?: Altocalciphilic
Preferred Pronoun?: Papa Smurf
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Hey y'all
I've been trying to practice my Americanisms but it doesn't come naturally to me at all. It's like I'm living in another country or something ... and being all friendly and cheerful is way too stressful for me.
Therefore, after much reflection, I need to acknowledge that my attempt to speak American English is destined to fail. Instead, I have decided to offer Katniss a job as my professional speech writer (and to covert all my posts into something more pleasant and less harsh than my own words).
In turn, this will free me up to go back to my equilibrium state of perpetual grumpiness.
ps - the phrase "lie back and think of England" was reportedly first stated by Alice Hillington in 1912. In practice, if someone did want to take me up the ruf, I'm not really sure I'd think of England. I'd likely be more interested in ascertaining whether the pink fluffy handcuffs restraining me actually suited me or not.
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