Picked up slang

Personally I have noticed that when I spent anytime at all around people with even a slight accent, I have a talent for picking it up myself. Basically i have a talent for noticing and picking up local color, or customs and ways of acting. Everyone does it at one time or another, usualy without even noticing it. Barnes does it after spending some time with Harris and Brett. "What rot, i could hear Brettt say it. What rot! When you were with English you got into the habit of using English expressions in your thinking." (Hemingway 153.) Personally i feel it is a great way to expand on one's outlook on life and social interactions. It, along with food, are great ways of connecting people and getting to know why people act the way the do.