Funny how being familiar with something and being exposed to something (else) leads to a different perception:

The german cars with the star usually have gotten a reaction from me like: Snobs!
Or, if it was an older model: scary "sunday-drivers" with hats (prejudice being that they are those drivers that often only drive on sundays, are 70+, wear hats and drive no faster than 60 no matter where).

Enter: the person that I know and like who is driving a MB - ergo all similar models of MB´s are suddenly "friendly" and solicit a smile.

Then I´m working with a guy that always needs to have the latest phone with a letter before it- which arguably looks nice.

Enter: the person who has a definite style-message, uses an older version of said phone and I find myself thinking: "Sheesh, what kind of old phone is HE using?"!
And that from me! The cell-phone I´m using (courtesy of a friend) just barely hasn´t got an external antenna!

I´m schocked at my influencability!

Since reading some books on language I´m again very interested in languages and the influence of it. And because I have linked this site to some foreign sites I wonder if I should carry on writing in English.

I think being lazy I will use what language is at the forefront of my mind - because some things cannot be expressed in another language without a lot of explanation. Yesterday I tried to realte a german joke in English - not possible. But then maybe I will not accomomdate the readers that would like to read in englisch? (Especially those that got attracted to my blog by the english language musings...) Hm. Well wondering about two or three readers or so...

Do you have an opinion/preferrence? Please let me know (in the comments).