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A day of lectures and a tutorial... 9am-8pm. Yesterday's presentation went well- apparantly it was "excellent." Who would have guessed. Ok, I kind of knew what I was going to say prior to the night before, but in my usual fashion I didn't type up the final draft until 3 am the morning of the speech.
I've been working on my Australian accent, with little success. Basically: i=e, hard "a" has a distinctive twang, and instead of using "got" as a transitive/intransitive verb, or in the past tense, it is used as a present tense verb, along with the helping verb "have". (ex: "Have you got your keys?" instead of "Do you have your keys?") Then there is spelling- a lot of times words are spelled with an "s" instead of a "z". (ex: socialise vs. socialize).
Hmmmm. What else. I heard a Kuckaburra, or however you spell that- reallllly creepy laughing noise. Going to a reptile park and then a jazz fest Friday evening. Mmmm.. and going to dinner right now! Byebye.
I've been working on my Australian accent, with little success. Basically: i=e, hard "a" has a distinctive twang, and instead of using "got" as a transitive/intransitive verb, or in the past tense, it is used as a present tense verb, along with the helping verb "have". (ex: "Have you got your keys?" instead of "Do you have your keys?") Then there is spelling- a lot of times words are spelled with an "s" instead of a "z". (ex: socialise vs. socialize).
Hmmmm. What else. I heard a Kuckaburra, or however you spell that- reallllly creepy laughing noise. Going to a reptile park and then a jazz fest Friday evening. Mmmm.. and going to dinner right now! Byebye.