恶人谷

话说我在纽约混了这么多年，英文自然精进了（承让承让），中文也还记得，外带还学了些个广东话词汇。这么多种语言，有时侯难免打架，都攒在一个句子里跳出来。于是有天我一兄弟来纽约玩耍，我俩站在人潮汹涌的５马路上，我忽然不确定望那个方向去，乃站定街角跟她说：“let me

睇睇

呵呵，可不是么。我和大学时代的朋友聊天，从来是普通话上海话英文乱搭的。工作时人多的场合，一转头对着老外讲中国话那是常有的事。

而且在Instant Messanger上面讲话久了，真是什么奇奇怪怪的组合都有。我们组里的几个老欧现在都会写88了。

而且chat用惯了，语法拼写日益一踏糊涂。情急之下大小写自然也顾不上。某天一感情脆弱的MM质问我为什么要be upset with her，我说没有啊。检查了前两行，原来把No写成了NO。她就往心里去了。

蛙塞，真纤细啊！
说到chat，我愤怒的控诉一下儿，为啥mac版的skype永远都连不到server哪！

我想起，每次在内部书面讨论什么事情，别人提出不同意见，我表示可以的时候，总是写个＂Fine＂。我的英国同事就偷笑，后来私下告诉我，Fine 的语气有点忿忿然，我感到很冤枉。。。不过后来就都改＂sounds good to me" 了。

前几天跟个老式BROKER 公司打交道，对方给我打电话，听上去是个老妇女，开口闭口＂你可以为我做这个么？你可以为我做那个么？哦真的是太好了＂然后加一句＂you are such a doll",说了好几遍，听的我浑身起鸡皮疙瘩。谁再说政治正确不必要，办公室用语都是表面工夫，我跟他急。

英国有些公司的姑娘大嫂们，跟客户打交道的时候爱说：ok, I will sort this out for you, I will check the order for you... for you... 貌似很甜蜜的样子。不过各有各习惯，人家叫我sweetie，honey，我就会很害怕。

没错
别忘了英格兰北部爱用的"LOVE"
我一天下来要被人叫上好几声LOVE，都习惯了
听说林肯郡还爱用昵称“DUCK”的

我这儿的老式妇女还把honey缩略为hon。
我是一被hon就哆嗦。

这个蜜啊糖的是因人而异吧？在各地都遇到过。反正我一点都不介意客气或者和气过甚的老太太管我叫hon，让我觉得特年轻。

说这个让我想到在典型美式早餐店里，上点年岁的端盘子的总是左一个“hon”右一个“hon”. 每次听了都起身鸡皮疙瘩。

小K 说"fine”那个让我想起跟粒德国朋友说话时，说到好事，伊总点点头说声"not bad". 一开始我不解问伊，难到不够好吗？ 有啥意见？ 伊说没有啊. 来回几次终于搞明白伊们说not bad就等于我们说very good。 后来为了免得再有误会，伊把not bad 上升到not bad at all.

我跟我们实验室中西部孩子学了个sweet，偶用几次，有人微笑，不知道是否有啥。

我介意的不是随便被人叫甜心蜜糖宝贝儿吃豆腐。路上电梯里被陌生人说句甜心你这件大衣真漂亮什么的都无所谓。但是在办公室，尤其是技术上的事情打公事交道，被人叫句洋娃娃，感觉有点被轻蔑。

You are right. I've never been called doll or hon at work -- perhaps because I don't look the part!

What is that supposed to mean

She just called you Barbie, hon

pretty much, though not in that exact word....

but you are a smart girl

It means ... no, I don't dare to provoke xiaoK's ire.

You girls stop fanning the fire!

i am such a fan of fanning the fire

Me too and, striking iron when it's hot

otherwise, what is the point?

The woman who called me a doll never met me in person. So it was not my outfit that caused it.

sweet voice, even better

I had the geekest nightmare last night.
A broker called me out of blue saying we had scheduled a testing at the moment, and I totally did not remember. In panic mode I said ok, and quickly looked up information and set up the connection. But for some reason, I was setting up the connection on production line instead of test line. And for some even worse reason, I set up it in reverse and somehow it messed up the dns server in my firm, so everthing (in production) came to a halt. People running around "what's wrong? Call system". While I sat there totally knew it was not system dept's fault. But I did not have time to explain so I quickly cancelled the change. And then I called up system, embarrassed, of cause, to admit it was my fault. And they were too nice to say anything, which made me feel even worse....
When I woke up and realized it was just a dream, I felt so ....

这种梦，
情节还这么详细，天啊。大脑皮层该是多么活跃啊！

It was very technically detailed dream...I tell ya...I cut most tech terms out so as not to bore the readers No wonder I feel exhausted every morning!

Tsk, tsk, you've got to find a way to make money off of working at night...

No! I just need to party more and get my mind off geeky thoughts.

前天的梦：一屋子的人等着我开会，已经迟到了，但是走到一半，忽然发现自己还穿着睡衣，也没梳洗。只好跑到不知道什么地方的屋子去换。本来希望别碰上什么人，结果一路上熙熙攘攘，所有的走廊里都挤满了人。

另外比较经典的：赶不上飞机，或者丢了登机牌，急得一头汗

看来我的工作压力比你们小多了，我很久很久都没作过工作上的梦了。（当然白天还是干得半死。）