I'm a Canadian who's lived in Australia for four years. In that time, I've incorporated a large number of Aussie slang words and phrases into my lexicon. The prosody of my speech has even become more Australian - although, of course, I still have an identifiably Canadian accent ( Read more... )

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I am feeling guilty because I'm settling in here in England and beginning to feel comfortable, more as if this apartment, this town, is home. Not my hometown, but a kind of home. A place I can feel at ease ( Read more... )