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More from Lori:

At home I listen to language tapes. Most of the tapes are the listen and repeat after me variety. But I have one set of tapes that includes dialogues. The dialogue (both speakers) is read once, then I take the part of one of the speakers. So basically I'm speaking to my tape player. After studying for several hours today, I noticed this behavior carried over into English. I was cooking dinner (a quite delicious concoction) and before I knew it, I was having a conversation with myself. And my other self. Mimicing the stale style of the language tapes:

• A: These mushrooms look delicious.
• B: Yes, they do. Would you like me to slice them?
• A: Yes, thank you.
• B: Where is the knife? Oh, here it is. I found it.
• A: Be careful! That knife is sharp!
• B: Yes, it is. It is an evil knife.
• A: We must get rid of the evil knife . . .

I've been reading a lot of Lori's web site lately. She's chronicling her time as a teacher in Korea. It sounds like she's having a ton of fun, enough to make me want to go over a teach. Here's a particularly funny (to me) part:

Chanta received an email highlighting a word contest by the Post, whereby contestants chose any word, changed it by one or two letters, and gave it a new meaning. One she especially liked was reintarnation - the reincarnation in the form of a hillbilly. After she read it out loud another teacher replied, I've got a better one. Koreincarnation - punishment for deeds done in a previous life whereby one returns to earth as an English teacher in Korea . . .

Thanks to Helen for the link