"That - that's not typically how one processes new lexicon in the strictest teleological sense," Daniel answers faintly, now undergoing a bit of struggle to keep his word and thought flows from diverting from one another. "Especially when one considers linguistic transfer in the broader general context, it's usually an absorption, sensory flooding of overall culture, not just systematic imbibing of vaguely related alcoholic beverages in order to, to..."

He abruptly runs out of steam.

"I'll try," he concedes wearily, fully anticipating a spectacular crash-and-burn as he lapses into an extremely mediocre imitation of Seth's Mancunian dialect. "I'm onl' agrae'n t'this 'cos I am not soba' and therefore take no responsbili'y abao' it."