Trying too hard...????
Jan 14th 2008 | 10:35 pm
#18
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Re: Trying too hard...????
Time for me to bail out 
Jan 14th 2008 | 10:37 pm
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Re: Trying too hard...????
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Jan 14th 2008 | 10:38 pm
#20
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Re: Trying too hard...????
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Jan 14th 2008 | 10:39 pm
#21
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Re: Trying too hard...????
I know I posted the other day that I didn't have many friends here, but have not quite been reduced to drinking with a computer program yet My boss thinks my Spanish isn't perfect, but then I point out to her that I spent a few mths in one Spanish speaking country 5 yrs ago, and she's lived here for 20 years, and she's not about to be asked to step in to make the Queen's speech on Xmas Day anytime soon.
My Korean isn't perfect either, but managed to get married (I think
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Jan 14th 2008 | 10:42 pm
#23
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Re: Trying too hard...????
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Jan 15th 2008 | 12:19 am
#24
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From: Back where I belong
Re: Trying too hard...????
I'm in the US, but I have adapted more to the way of speaking here. I pronounce my "T's" like "D's" and my brother noticed it a lot when he was here last.
Although it's a perfectly pleasant greeting, I do hate it when they ask how I am here. I feel like asking them if they REALLY give a s**t!
What I find the funniest, is if you're having trouble with a customer service rep on the phone, bringing out your best posh Brit accent will do the trick. I don't know why, but they must think people are more educated if they talk like that and they get all intimidated.
Although it's a perfectly pleasant greeting, I do hate it when they ask how I am here. I feel like asking them if they REALLY give a s**t!
What I find the funniest, is if you're having trouble with a customer service rep on the phone, bringing out your best posh Brit accent will do the trick. I don't know why, but they must think people are more educated if they talk like that and they get all intimidated.
Jan 15th 2008 | 8:52 am
#26
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Re: Trying too hard...????
Whats the worst accent. Australian or American?
I'll get me coat.
I'll get me coat.
as i still say "alrite"...and never say "thongs"
Jan 15th 2008 | 3:42 pm
#28
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Re: Trying too hard...????
What overly-Aussie behaviour will you own up to ?
My wine consumption has gone up considerably (thank god for cleanskins or I could be out swinging me 'andbag on the street corner to afford the next one ) Oh, I have to confess that my bad language has gone up too 
but its nowhere near as bad as that of the aussie kids next door!!
Overly British? Hmm, my OH still speaks with a Yorkshire accent, he's still just as tight with money, my Next clothes are the only ones that fit!!! I've just finished a pack of McVities choccie digestives that I found at Coles and they still go straight onto my waist even down here - as we are upside down now shouldn't it go on my ears?
Oh and our Aussie neighbours dont 'get' any of our jokes AND we are so 'over' bbqs! 
My wine consumption has gone up considerably (thank god for cleanskins or I could be out swinging me 'andbag on the street corner to afford the next one
) Oh, I have to confess that my bad language has gone up too but its nowhere near as bad as that of the aussie kids next door!!Overly British? Hmm, my OH still speaks with a Yorkshire accent, he's still just as tight with money, my Next clothes are the only ones that fit!!! I've just finished a pack of McVities choccie digestives that I found at Coles and they still go straight onto my waist even down here - as we are upside down now shouldn't it go on my ears?
Oh and our Aussie neighbours dont 'get' any of our jokes AND we are so 'over' bbqs! I'm sure we have all met new immigrants to Aus who, lets be kind, try a bit too hard to "go native". By this I mean wearing bush hats, AFL shirts (why do they call them "guernseys "?), saying things like "ah shit mate - I'd be mad if I didn't", wear thongs whatever their weather and try keep a straight face when they say that VB is good beer. Oh ! AND cook absolutely every meal on the barbequeue.
What overly-Aussie behaviour will you own up to ?
Second question - assuming this all wore off and you now desperately want to go back to the UK have you started going the other way and becoming overly British ? This would include wearing football shirts, NEXT clothes, Lonsdale or Ben Sherman stuff, buying ASDA brand ploughman's pickle, reading UK newspapers online etc etc ?
What overly-Aussie behaviour will you own up to ?
Second question - assuming this all wore off and you now desperately want to go back to the UK have you started going the other way and becoming overly British ? This would include wearing football shirts, NEXT clothes, Lonsdale or Ben Sherman stuff, buying ASDA brand ploughman's pickle, reading UK newspapers online etc etc ?
Jan 15th 2008 | 4:03 pm
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Re: Trying too hard...????
What overly-Aussie behaviour will you own up to ?
My wine consumption has gone up considerably (thank god for cleanskins or I could be out swinging me 'andbag on the street corner to afford the next one ) Oh, I have to confess that my bad language has gone up too but its nowhere near as bad as that of the aussie kids next door!!
Overly British? Hmm, my OH still speaks with a Yorkshire accent, he's still just as tight with money, my Next clothes are the only ones that fit!!! I've just finished a pack of McVities choccie digestives that I found at Coles and they still go straight onto my waist even down here - as we are upside down now shouldn't it go on my ears? Oh and our Aussie neighbours dont 'get' any of our jokes AND we are so 'over' bbqs!
My wine consumption has gone up considerably (thank god for cleanskins or I could be out swinging me 'andbag on the street corner to afford the next one
) Oh, I have to confess that my bad language has gone up too but its nowhere near as bad as that of the aussie kids next door!!Overly British? Hmm, my OH still speaks with a Yorkshire accent, he's still just as tight with money, my Next clothes are the only ones that fit!!! I've just finished a pack of McVities choccie digestives that I found at Coles and they still go straight onto my waist even down here - as we are upside down now shouldn't it go on my ears?
Oh and our Aussie neighbours dont 'get' any of our jokes AND we are so 'over' bbqs!
Jan 15th 2008 | 11:49 pm
#30
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Re: Trying too hard...????
I'm not in Australia, I live in the US. But, they don't get my jokes either. British dry humour just goes over their heads. They think I'm being serious when I joke. Only lived here 20 years, and my friends still don't get it when I'm joking!!!
