Re: [Epic] Chat line mailing list

From: sauron1 <sauron1_at_...>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 00:55:59 -0700

Chris Weigt wrote:

> (big snip)>
> >
> > My personal favorite has to be the Irish accent, followed by the
> Jamacan.
> > Accents can be an interesting thing. I was sitting in a Pizza Hut
> in
> > Madrid (not my choice, I think eating american food in Spain is a
> mistake)
> > with some ferners (a brit, a Finn, a Thai, a Hollander and some
> Iranians)
> > and a couple of normal people (you know, americans ;). Beside us
> was
> > a mother and her child speaking in what I, and the other
> americans,
> > thought was very clearly a british accent. The brit, however,
> insisted
> > the accent was american. Finally, we got up and asked her where
> whe
> > was from. Turns out she was from the Bahamas. I would swear to
> this
> > day she was English if we hadn't asked. The non-english speakers
> > seemed unable to tell the difference in any case.
> >
> heh, wierd stuff. I have a friend who sounds American, I sound
> English
> mosta the time (only been there once!)... gotta wonder sometimes how
> we
> end up sounding the way we do 8)
>
> > >Dont confuse the pseudo-Oz with the real thing, even the guys in
> the
> > >outback who've never been to 'the big smoke' (the city) dont
> sound like
> > >what the Americans think we do!
> >
> > But, but, what about the commercials! I saw them myself! You're
> not
> > trying to tell me that the TV is anything less than absolutely
> > correct? ;)
> Surely not 8)
> >
> > You would probobly get a kick out of the stereotypes about
> australians
> > that pervade the US (if you don't know them already). Case in
> point is
> > the "How to speak Australian" series of commercials made for
> Foster's
> > Lager. It starts with a man dressed in typical "outback" fashion
> (tan
> > shorts, boot, hat, unshaven) standing at the base of a desert
> cliff with
> > his dingo (of course). A giant boulder falls on him so that only
> his
> > hands and feet stick out. The australian says (with heavy
> accent),
> > "Owwww" and the translation reads "Cry baby".
> >
> Excellent!!! I'd like to see that! Hey, dont you lot get Fosters in
> 750 ml
> cans over there? Now _that's_ a beer can 8)
> > If you believed the TV you'd think that their wasn't a city in
> australia
> > with more than 10 buildings and their aren't any paved roads, and
> > everybody lives in the ruggid outback herding kangaroos.
> *grin*
>
> Chris

 Sauron1 writes ;You should see wat some people think of Canada! I have
lived here for 40 years and never saw as mutch snow as they get in a lot
of American states. We can drive from Niagra Falls to the other side of
Toronto. A 2 hour drive and never leave a city surrounding all the way.
sauron1

Received on Thu Apr 24 1997 - 07:55:59 UTC