Sometimes, if I'm having trouble sleeping - I'll turn on old black & white movies (like on TCM or AMC) & they knock me out. When I worked at night, I would turn on the old B&W sitcoms on TVLand during the day and fall out ( i.e. I Love Lucy, Dick Van Dyke Show, Mr. Ed). I think something about the simplicity of those shows calms me... go figure.
If I've been around someone for too long with a heavy accent I'll catch myself using their accent (i.e. someone with a heavy southern twang will cause me to twang after a while...
...or for example - hanging around a Jamiaican or someone from Guyana - I'll cut my words a little shorter also...) It's really annoying. I'll catch myself and force myself to stop. The only one I've noticed that I haven't picked up was someone from Boston.
I love words, their meanings, and am fascinated by new words. For instance, I know that autovoxiphilia is the love of one's own voice.
