My pronunciation, grammar, syntax, and vocabulary has always been a bit off from US standards (has everything to do with the fact that I don't actually think in words, instead I find the best word to best fill the gap of understanding between myself an my audience). This causes the occasional awkward moment, for instance: I can say "What can I do you for" instead of "What can I do for you", so the person I'm talking to is confused by a spontaneous proposition fitted into an otherwise normal conversation. This swings the other way for me as well, and 'pants' is an instance. In my head, pants=underwear. Sort-of British with the whole pants vs. trousers thing, or pants=pantsu but not the rational, just how I understand words. So, in context, when I have a skirt wearing friend say she wants to head out, "but I want to put on some pants first because it's cold out" I just grin. My good friends have caught on the this because I can't help but to grin when something like this is said.
