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Lisa: Sometimes I feel like I’ve reached adulthood, and then I’ll sit down and eat ice cream directly from the box, and I keep thinking, ‘I’ll know I’m an adult when I don’t eat ice cream right out of the box anymore’ … But I guess in some ways I feel like I’m an adult. I’m a pretty responsible person. I mean, if I say I’m going to do something, I do it. Financially, I’m fairly responsible with my money, But there are still times where I think, ‘I can’t believe I’m 25.’ A lot of times I don’t really feel like an adult.
(Arnett 2001: 17)
Linda: Well, when I first arrived people couldn’t understand what
I was saying and I couldn’t understand what they were saying because they were talking so fast.
(Hopkins and Hill 2006: 44)
