i'm over it.

I give up. I'll acculturate.

I'll say something is "rubbish"; I'll call it "uni"; I'll say, "I have this friend called Phyllis". I'll say in a class, not "taking a class".

I am even thinking of softening my accent and going for a British/American hybrid. My American accent has sounded too open, so cowboy-cavalier lately when mirrored by my British friends' imitations.

This was, of course, necessitated when, last week, I said to another native English speaker. "Would you pass me that pitcher of water?" and he couldn't grasp what I was saying. Something about a picture? Jug. Jug. I should have said jug.