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Thread ID: 86766	2008-01-28 06:09:00	NZ Accents?	SurferJoe46 (51)	PC World Chat

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634647	2008-01-28 21:30:00	We watch movies like: "Quigley, Down Under" and "The Earthling" and TV shows like "Rising Damp" and "Fawlty Towers" and Monty-Anything" just to hear the accents . I do understand what you mean . Some years back my family and I were waiting in a queue in Disneyland, talking among ourselves, when a group of girls asked us what part of England we were from . After we explained our origins they replied with, "Don't stop talking . We love your accents . " But they also noticed that, although my wife seemed to have a similar accent, they realised it was not the same and wondered if she came from a different part of NZ . They were somewhat bemused to find that although she called herself a NZer her accent was quite different . We then had to explain Northern Ireland (and where it was) to these delightful girls when they had only a vague idea of where England was . We had even less success explaining where NZ was . :rolleyes:	Roscoe (6288)
634648	2008-01-28 22:21:00	I do understand what you mean . Some years back my family and I were waiting in a queue in Disneyland, talking among ourselves, when a group of girls asked us what part of England we were from . After we explained our origins they replied with, "Don't stop talking . We love your accents . " But they also noticed that, although my wife seemed to have a similar accent, they realised it was not the same and wondered if she came from a different part of NZ . They were somewhat bemused to find that although she called herself a NZer her accent was quite different . We then had to explain Northern Ireland (and where it was) to these delightful girls when they had only a vague idea of where England was . We had even less success explaining where NZ was . :rolleyes: "England? Where about in America is that?"	Enigmur (10547)
634649	2008-01-28 23:17:00	Turn right at New York and you will know when you are in England when you see a grown man with a handkerchief on his head wearing walk socks and shorts in the rain.	Roscoe (6288)
634650	2008-01-29 05:57:00	I do understand what you mean. Some years back my family and I were waiting in a queue in Disneyland, talking among ourselves, when a group of girls asked us what part of England we were from. After we explained our origins they replied with, "Don't stop talking. We love your accents." But they also noticed that, although my wife seemed to have a similar accent, they realised it was not the same and wondered if she came from a different part of NZ. They were somewhat bemused to find that although she called herself a NZer her accent was quite different. We then had to explain Northern Ireland (and where it was) to these delightful girls when they had only a vague idea of where England was. We had even less success explaining where NZ was.:rolleyes: New Zealand is connected to Australia by a bridge. I thought all people knew that. It is either the Sydney Harbour bridge or the Auckland Harbour Bridge. I forget which. I will have to brush up my telepathic or psychic skills in the future unless I get Alzheimers in which case I will forget to upskill myself.	Sweep (90)
634651	2008-01-29 07:04:00	I had a job in a shop in Brea, California, and one day I heard a little lady with a very strong accent . She was paying her bill and I stood beside her as the boss eyed my suspiciously . . . and then I asked her "Shropshire"? She looked at me with her eyes getting wider and wider . . her lips pursed and she made the sign of the cross and told me that she was one of only a few hundred people who lived in Shropshire and she was flabbergasted how I could guess . I told her I was a student of dialects . She walked away talking to herself . Shropshire was the only city I could think of at the moment in England . . . and I just said it to start a conversation . . . not having ANY idea it was where she was from . I'm not even sure to this day if I spelled the city correctly, pronounced it well, where it really is, or if it still exists . My boss gave me a wide berth from that day . . he didn't know what to expect from me next . . . maybe walking on water .	SurferJoe46 (51)
634652	2008-01-29 10:47:00	I had a job in a shop in Brea, California.............maybe walking on water.That's hilarious Joe! :thumbs:	Greg (193)
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