Daniel_

I don't do it wth habits much, but I certainly do it with accents.

Its part of empathy, I suppose - you try (subconsciously) to "fit in" with people around you.

If you never do it, that's because your own ego views you as "top dog".

There's a thing in bodylanguage that I always heard called "echo posturing". It's where people copy the manerisms of the Big Dog in their presence.

Try sitting in a meeting, and when you are talking pick up a pencil, or steeple your fingers togther - and if you have people's attention they'll copy you.

Its fun to make people scratch their noses and then point it out.....

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Overhead, the Albatross hangs motionless upon the air,
And deep beneath the rolling waves,
In labyrinths of Coral Caves,
The Echo of a distant time
Comes willowing across the sand;
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