Sniffles, toilet bowls by the side of the road, accents & Australianisms

[koalathebear]

"If you build it, he will come" (Field of Dreams)
"If there is a flu, Koala will catch it". (The Doom of KoalaNo please don't tell me about flu shots! It is my Doom - I must catch every single flu that flies past. Also I am so not appropriate for the Codral "soldier on with Codral" ad given that when I'm sick, I must take to my bed and make sad

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Re: Hope you feel better soon

[koalathebear]

*grin* Does Tegan have a 'real' Aussie accent or is it one of those really bad faux ones that sounds more cockney than Aussie? Have you ever watched the tv series 'Lost'? The plotline involves a flight from Sydney Australia to the US which crashes on a Mysterious X-Files Like Island Somewhere and most of the Aussie extras used for the Australia scenes (even when they're real Aussies) sound like they're refugees off the set of Crococile Dundee.

I couldn't stop giggling when I was watching because I kept expecting one of them to say: "How ya going, onya sonya, bewdy bottler, fair dinkum and I'll throw another shrimp on your barbie, mate!" :)

I have critically assessed my accent. I class it as falling somewhere between Cultivated and General, slanting a little more towards Cultivated when I'm going British although when it goes faux-American then it's just weird :)

As to the being sick thing, being a primary school teacher is a real dilemma when getting sick. For one thing you guys are exposed to germs heaps more often ..... a substitute teacher is very disruptive .... I can understand why you would feel the pressure to soldier on.

The way I soldiered on in recent years is to be contactable by phone/email so that even if I was sick as a dog, I could still manage to do some work from home rather than going to work. I do have to cringe though at my complete inability to soldier on at work or in class!

Re: Hope you feel better soon

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She has one of those cringe worthy ones! Especially since it is next to all these BBC accents and then her so not cultured one - how did she become an air hostess with an accent like that?

I don't think I can assess mine too critically as it is a bit of this and a bit of that.

Hope you are better and good on you for not sharing your germs with others! I am trying to keep healthy this term and take my vitamins so I don't have to soldier on. Just got to keep away from those kids.