Ainsley Epperson's Vocabulary

The silly quirks of Ainsley Epperson are plentiful in number and just as embarrassing as farting in a silent room. I have a loud obnoxious laugh that can be heard from all over, I snort when I laugh, I say “Oh my Stars!” when I’m surprised and other things, I have a larger vocabulary that earns me weird looks, and last of all I tap dance when I’m nervous. The loud obnoxious laugh comes from my mother, as you probably know. Sometimes I feel like my laugh can be heard from all over the world. When she and I find an idea or a joke funny, in the grocery no less, you can hear us all over the store or whatever building we are in. My brothers and dad are both embarrassed by it, but it’s part of the mother-daughter quirks, and I believe they’ve become use to it. I also snort when I laugh, but that’s a quirk all of my own. I don’t know why it happens, but it does and I’ve come to love it. This quirk …show more content…
For example, when someone asks how I’m doing I’ll say: “Oh swell” or “Quite good”. Some people find this endearing, and others find it, well, as I’ve said about other silly quirks, weird. These are some weird colloquialisms that are typical to hear when you spend a lot of time around me. Finally, we get to the weirdest quirk of all: (drumroll please….) I tap dance when I’m nervous. Normally before a presentation of some sort, but in general it happens when I’m anxious. I most famously did this my eighth grade year before the presentation of some country project we did. That earned me plenty of laughs. I think I tap dance when I’m nervous because it’s something I very comfortable with. Most times I don’t even realize I’m tap dancing until the entire class is staring at me, and then embarrassment sets in. Even though I am sometimes embarrassed by these “quirks, they make up who I am and I couldn’t be more thankful for them. They make me an individual in a society that wants you to blend in. They make me who I