Quirks you pick up from fiction

[Skoldpadda]

I use the phrase (clumsily translated from my mother language) "I wouldn't pour it beside my mouth", when someone offers me a beverage. This was used by a popular writer from over here in one of his books, which made me laugh out loud while on the bus.

 

[Kwaren]

I use "me" in place of "my". It makes me sound like a dwarf. Such as, "Don't go touchin me axe or I'll gut ye with a rusty spoon!"

 

[Slaanax]

I find if I read a lot I try to vary my choice of words, that if I spend time around people who use curse words a lot I turn into a sailor.

 

[Wizco]

After reading the Riftwar series I found myself using the half-smile Arutha is famous for, raising one of the corners of your mouth, but not doing anything else.

Otherwise: 'Alons-y, Alonso' and 'Geronimo' from the Doc

 

[no_more_usernames]

i have been known to sleep walk alot and whenever someone trys to wake me i say "WHO DESTURBS MY SLUMBER" like the cave of wonders in alladin

 

[Jester_AKA_M]

Watchman--

Whenever someone asks me "What's up?" I respond: "Up is an utterly meaningless term. It has no intrinsic value."

Whoever guesses where that's from gets a cookie.

Watchmen! Yay! I perfer my cookies to be made by girl-scouts.

 

[Sigel]

I say Gorram and Shiny from firefly and Smeg from Red Dwarf.

XD
Me too.
I also like to say when it applies "Now for something comepletely different" from Monty Python, and "frek" from Farscape.

 

[Sarah Kerrigan]

I say 'Tango Down.' From SPlinter Cell Co-op. hehehe

 

[case_orange]

Calling people "brother" from the goofy scottish guy from Lost.

 

[Aur0ra145]

I've picked up a few things mainly surrounding Sammy Lundeen's attitude from Flight of the Intruder (book version.)

 

[MintyNinja]

I say, "Aye". This may or may not seem weird, but I'm from Western Canada, I have absolutely no justification in using this word. But I do anyways.

 

[gigastrike]

I picked up a few things from Family Guy.

 

[De Ronneman]

Watchman--

Whenever someone asks me "What's up?" I respond: "Up is an utterly meaningless term. It has no intrinsic value."

Whoever guesses where that's from gets a cookie.

Watchmen! Yay! I perfer my cookies to be made by girl-scouts.

Well, I'm not what you'dd call a (girl, sjeesh) boyscout, but I bake some darn good brownies that melt on your tongue

OT: I found another one: whenever someone is unsure of a word and says it comepletely wrong, as in totally making up a word, I sneak a "Bring out the Gugengecheimen!" Not sure of the spelling though.

This one I'll give, it's from the movie Eurotrip

 

[Ldude893]

I've been using "D'oh" and "Meh" quite a lot lately.

 

[SomeBoredGuy]

I've picked up the same addiction to talking about pie as Weebl and Bob. That's all I can think of.

 

[ajbell]

I tend to pick up the swearing from any fantasy book I read, although at least this tends to only manifest in my inner monologue. I have yet to actually yell "Corespawn it!" out loud. (BTW, The Painted Man (Warded Man in the US) is a top read.)

The only other thing is a habit of using Kerplakistan to represent any dirt-poor, remote, former Soviet Socialist Republic with nukes and poor government. (From an episode of the West Wing.)

 

[Kilaknux]

Let's see...
I say gorram and shiny quite often, again from Firefly.
I started learning escrima partially because Nightwing is awesome.
Also say "goody gumdrops" because of Brick Top, from Snatch.
Burst into the forklift song from MST3K whenever I see a forklift.
And when something weird happens, grin and say "just as planned..."
I'm pretty sure theres more, but I can't think of 'em right now.
EDIT: Oh yeah, I also talk like a vortigaunt to annoy people.

 

[CounterAttack]

Sometimes I run the way the Assassin from Diablo 2 does. Other times I'll use the phrase "roll a _________ check" when something happens. And I occasionally say "Spah's sappin' mah internet," when my bandwidth reaches its cap and reverts to dial-up speed, or if my sister's playing a Facebook game. They use up so damn much... makes me want to log on to her desktop and block the site somehow, just to see how she reacts to going without it for a week. Hell, even a day.

Anyway, there's heaps more. I quote the Team Fortress characters when I speak, the hood of my hoodie always reminds me of Altair or Ezio when I wear it, I have a set of clothes that make me look kind of like a Pokemon trainer... the list goes on.

 

[JourneyThroughHell]

Me and my friends joke around using quotes from Nostalgia Critic.
Also, if we hear a quote from any Beatles song in any context, we start singing it.
Weird, isn't it?