"Say it again."

She stopped mid-bite and with her fork in the air. "Say what again?"

"What you just said."

He smiled as she slowly placed her fork down and repeated her sentence. "I had some tea after my engineering class.... what about that?"

"It's how you say 'after'... you have the Midwestern accent."

"Huh?"

"Your A's are longeer... like, ahhh. More naselly."

"Oh... I'm sorry?"

"Nono... it's okay. I like it."

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