The funniest thing...
Well, not so much funny but not something I expected at work...in Australia... Which is odd in itself because it's not like people don't travel...
At work today, two groups of Americans came in. It wouldn't seem so weird, but my little town of Rosedale isn't exactly a highlight of Australia. It's a little town in the corner of country nowhere... But it does have a bakery that sells quality items at low prices and people know about it so I guess it's not so uncommon. But I don't think I've ever met an American in the bakery before, and today there were a bunch. The second group was interesting in that they hailed from California. Oakland to be exact, which sports fans will know as the home of the Oakland A's...oi vay baseball. *sigh* The first group, however, came in from Virginia, which immediately made me think of my LifeJournal friends and how I don't think I know what any of you people sound like...except for a_leprechaun cuz, y'know, I've actually met you. But, and I don't know why this should seem odd, I felt like the one girl who I spoke with the most had an out of place accent. It immediately, for whatever reason, reminded me a voice Robin Williams did once and I can't even remember what show or whatever it was on... It seemed to heavy, like something you'd hear in maybe in Alabama... I always assumed a Virginia accent would be less, dare I say it, hick? than anything else. Of course, that could be because I watch too many movies and associate certain accents with certain states, as so many people do. Hellooooo Minnesota. Can we say Bobby's World don'tchaknow? Or would it be better typed in as "Babby's World"? And then there are so many different southern accents that it would hardly seem decent to even begin to try and think of what each state's would sound like... I don't know. Maybe I'm weird and overthink it too much. But I always thought a Virginian would have more of a...refined southern accent? And I know that sounds insulting to the other southern states but...it's my own opinion and I'm entitled to it.
And then it made me think... After a year and a half in Australia, what has my American accent changed to? I know that for the most part I don't sound any different. There are certain words that I'll pronounce differently because my three and a half year old niece doesn't understand me if I don't say something the "Australian" way. Of course, sometimes I think she doesn't understand me at all... =P
I miss home...
At work today, two groups of Americans came in. It wouldn't seem so weird, but my little town of Rosedale isn't exactly a highlight of Australia. It's a little town in the corner of country nowhere... But it does have a bakery that sells quality items at low prices and people know about it so I guess it's not so uncommon. But I don't think I've ever met an American in the bakery before, and today there were a bunch. The second group was interesting in that they hailed from California. Oakland to be exact, which sports fans will know as the home of the Oakland A's...oi vay baseball. *sigh* The first group, however, came in from Virginia, which immediately made me think of my LifeJournal friends and how I don't think I know what any of you people sound like...except for a_leprechaun cuz, y'know, I've actually met you. But, and I don't know why this should seem odd, I felt like the one girl who I spoke with the most had an out of place accent. It immediately, for whatever reason, reminded me a voice Robin Williams did once and I can't even remember what show or whatever it was on... It seemed to heavy, like something you'd hear in maybe in Alabama... I always assumed a Virginia accent would be less, dare I say it, hick? than anything else. Of course, that could be because I watch too many movies and associate certain accents with certain states, as so many people do. Hellooooo Minnesota. Can we say Bobby's World don'tchaknow? Or would it be better typed in as "Babby's World"? And then there are so many different southern accents that it would hardly seem decent to even begin to try and think of what each state's would sound like... I don't know. Maybe I'm weird and overthink it too much. But I always thought a Virginian would have more of a...refined southern accent? And I know that sounds insulting to the other southern states but...it's my own opinion and I'm entitled to it.
And then it made me think... After a year and a half in Australia, what has my American accent changed to? I know that for the most part I don't sound any different. There are certain words that I'll pronounce differently because my three and a half year old niece doesn't understand me if I don't say something the "Australian" way. Of course, sometimes I think she doesn't understand me at all... =P
I miss home...