well, with German being my mother's side of the family (my dad was adopted but from Europe to the States and then to Canada...Montreal) I have funny ways of saying things...and you know Americans...they don't hesitate to tell you if you got it wrong
I'll say close the light...instead of turn the light off...and I have been known to pronounce things funny too
hey sorry haha...I grew up with it
my husband actually thinks he has married a foreigner of some kind...I tell him hey...y'all had to cross the border to find the right one...with all those millions of American women...and here you are
serves him right...