Comments on: I Littered On My Mission

By: Tex

Tex — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:49:05 +0000

I served in Houston. I talked to people.

By: sam

sam — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:41:22 +0000

I served in Utah and my sole focus for the entire two years was earning money. I lived on the benches, tried to avoid the white trash living down on the flat lands. I pronounced every “L” in every word.

By: annegb

annegb — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:22:24 +0000

I love these kinds of posts, really interesting.

By: danithew

danithew — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:13:31 +0000

I would still eat boiled plantains.

By: Chad Too

Chad Too — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:45:10 +0000

As a current Carolinian I’m fine with adopting “y’all” as kosher, but feel it important to point out that “y’all” is not necessarily the plural form. Some use it that way, but when you need to be specific regarding singular versus plural, “y’all” is the singular and “all y’all” is the plural.

That said, on my mission in Japan, I:

Learned to squat over a porcelain hole-in-the-ground to do my business…

Learned to carry tissue with me since public restrooms don’t provide toilet paper…

learned to get to the ATM before 7pm, at which time it closed. This is because the bank would be mortified if their perfectly-running machine malfunctioned and there was no one on staff to apologize for the inconvenience…

learned to fill the spaces in your speech patterns with little grunty noises that indicate that I’m still paying attention…

and the one that took me the longest to unlearn: I learned how to bow when talking on the telephone.

By: Geoff J

Geoff J — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:32:17 +0000

I learned that the English language really is better when you liberally use words like fixin’, reckon, and y’all.

I also learned that mac and cheese was slightly less expensive at Kroger than at Piggly Wiggly.

By: Bret

Bret — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:41:21 +0000

Mark D,

Only if we can do the same by replacing “ask” with “ax”!>:)

By: Mark D.

Mark D. — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:40:21 +0000

I vote we adopt “y’all” or “you all” as a universal extension to the English language.

By: Ben Pratt

Ben Pratt — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:01:46 +0000

Tom (6), how could I forget the toilet paper?!

Another thing: I flipped my index finger against my thumb and middle finger for emphasis. You know, that thing that MTC missionaries do rapid-fire? By the time I left Brazil, I was using it like a native.

By: jjohnsen

jjohnsen — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:17:27 +0000

Ate hamburgers with a fried egg on top. Ate meat pies. Stopped saying “dude” or “man” and started saying “mate”. Started calling the trunk of a car the boot (something I still slip into occasionally).