A little about me
Hey guys.
Last night I saw Brokeback Mountain for fifth time and at the end I cried. Man did I cry, I cried for about 10 minutes. My parents were worried about me cause I wouldn't stop crying.
Anyhow, the movie made me think about things that have nothing to do with the movie. One of the things it made me think about was accents.
Here I go...
I was born in the USA in Providence, Rhode Island. But that doesn't mean that I have been speaking english all my life you see after I turned 1 we left the US and went to Cairo Egypt. Stayed there for 3 years then we went to Essen, Germany. One year in Germany then Brazil, my brother was born there and we were there for 4 years. After that we moved to Asuncion Paraguay, there for 2 years. And finally in 1990 we moved to Toronto Canada where I finally learnt how to speak english. I was 10 years old and I dreamed of the day that I would be fluent in english. It seemed so cool to me to speak english. I would be in my room and I would pretend to speak english talking mostly gibberish but it felt good. Either way I learnt in 3 months and I spoke with a Canadian accent by 6 months.
SO that got me thinking. I speak english, I think in english and I even dream in english. But my first languages are spanish and portuguese. None the less I speak english with a semi canadian/american accent.
So after being in Canada for 3 and a half years we moved to Canberra, Australia. I was 14 and at Canberra High I was known as the American chick. This is where it gets interesting, after I had been there for about 6 months I noticed that my accent had changed, I was saying some words with an Australian accent. Nobody noticed because to them I was just american and most of what I said was with an american accent. But I noticed and felt embarrased. After I had been in Australia for a year I called a good friend of mine from Canada, Kim, and the first thing she said was "OH MY GOD!!! YOU HAVE AN AUSTRALIAN ACCENT!" What? I said No way. But there you go.
I have always kept my American accent but everytime I travel somewhere I find myself speaking the local accent. Everytime I have been back to Australia be it when I went to study in Cairns or just went on a holiday to Darwin I would speak as Australian as possible. Also I noticed that everytime we went to South Africa I would start speaking (in english of course) with a south african accent. It's like I try so hard to fit in being in so many countries all my life that my accents change. I think I try too hard sometimes.
Anyhow, there you go.
Last night I saw Brokeback Mountain for fifth time and at the end I cried. Man did I cry, I cried for about 10 minutes. My parents were worried about me cause I wouldn't stop crying.
Anyhow, the movie made me think about things that have nothing to do with the movie. One of the things it made me think about was accents.
Here I go...
I was born in the USA in Providence, Rhode Island. But that doesn't mean that I have been speaking english all my life you see after I turned 1 we left the US and went to Cairo Egypt. Stayed there for 3 years then we went to Essen, Germany. One year in Germany then Brazil, my brother was born there and we were there for 4 years. After that we moved to Asuncion Paraguay, there for 2 years. And finally in 1990 we moved to Toronto Canada where I finally learnt how to speak english. I was 10 years old and I dreamed of the day that I would be fluent in english. It seemed so cool to me to speak english. I would be in my room and I would pretend to speak english talking mostly gibberish but it felt good. Either way I learnt in 3 months and I spoke with a Canadian accent by 6 months.
SO that got me thinking. I speak english, I think in english and I even dream in english. But my first languages are spanish and portuguese. None the less I speak english with a semi canadian/american accent.
So after being in Canada for 3 and a half years we moved to Canberra, Australia. I was 14 and at Canberra High I was known as the American chick. This is where it gets interesting, after I had been there for about 6 months I noticed that my accent had changed, I was saying some words with an Australian accent. Nobody noticed because to them I was just american and most of what I said was with an american accent. But I noticed and felt embarrased. After I had been in Australia for a year I called a good friend of mine from Canada, Kim, and the first thing she said was "OH MY GOD!!! YOU HAVE AN AUSTRALIAN ACCENT!" What? I said No way. But there you go.
I have always kept my American accent but everytime I travel somewhere I find myself speaking the local accent. Everytime I have been back to Australia be it when I went to study in Cairns or just went on a holiday to Darwin I would speak as Australian as possible. Also I noticed that everytime we went to South Africa I would start speaking (in english of course) with a south african accent. It's like I try so hard to fit in being in so many countries all my life that my accents change. I think I try too hard sometimes.
Anyhow, there you go.