01-22-2002, 12:48 PM | #31 |
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quote: Where abouts? And it's just about gone.... Epona, hi, how's life treating you? |
01-22-2002, 12:49 PM | #32 |
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quote: GREY MAGE!!! Good to see you again mate! I loved the snow. So pretty. Also sent me down some interesting mental pathways. It felt like Europe, but it wasn't of course. I associated snow with Europe prior to this, and orange leaves or boiling summer with New York State. I pondered about the whole idea of 'being an Australian American'. Very wierd feeling to decide to live in another country. I saw some Aussie on the subway. Some young women full of friendly vitality. They went nuts when I said I was an Aussie too. Anyhow, one had a Melbourne accent, and I realised I missed the Melbourne accent. Bizzare.... It's good though. I really like this country. I like the seasons, the extreme colour shifts from season to season. I like the people, the immigrant, multi-cultural vibe of NYC makes it easier to 'feel American' than in say Sweden where I could never be Swedish, or Singapore, where I was often the only Caucasian in a sea of Chinese. |
01-22-2002, 12:57 PM | #33 |
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Hey Yorick long time no see! I feel sorry for you, since it's hot as heck outside right now.
You guys ancestors move to the worst places because at the time they move to them, they're free and if not free, cheap. *Opens history book.* Remember way back in the 1800's when you just had to stake a claim, and suddenly you owned land? Well I'm sure a lot of our ancestors got land that way. As to why they didn't move... *shrug* *closes history book*
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01-22-2002, 12:57 PM | #34 |
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Actually I and the only other Aussie at the huge Singaporean church both had similar experiences where we actually forgot we weren't Asian. We'd catch a glimsp of ourselves in the mirror and it would be a shock.
Once I had a mate working with me, and we agreed to meet in a foodcourt. I went down and the place was packed. In dispair I thought "He's never going to find me." Of course he walked straight up to (six foot tall) me. When I expressed my suprise, he looked at me in bewilderment like I was an idiot. "Are you kidding? You're the only non-Asian" I felt really at home there. Loved, at home, needed and happy, but always a foreigner. A legal alien as it were. Now in America I'm deciding what to do about my accent. Do I put in the 'R's to facilitate easier communication? (Believe me it's a problem) Or do I firmly cling to Aussie pronounciation. My accent isn't strong anyway, sounds English to some ears (in Australia and here). I heard a south African on sunday who had put in the R's and it sounded demented, so now I'm not sure. [ 01-22-2002: Message edited by: Yorick ] |
01-22-2002, 12:57 PM | #35 |
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quote: Snow? Us, snow? You must be mistaken... actually we DID get some snow this year - and immediately prayed for it to melt. Because, for some reason, the snow had gotten packed by the many cars and pedestrians, melted slightly, then froze into ice. After that, we had max temperatures of -5 degrees celsius for a few weeks, so we had solid ice all over the streets. It's finally begun to melt, but just last week, there were places in the city where simply WALKING could be classified as suicide, and riding a bike was out of the question *thinks of a certain ice-covered hill on the way to piano lesson...* |
01-22-2002, 01:01 PM | #36 |
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01-22-2002, 01:03 PM | #37 |
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quote: I say keep the accent, it's always a breath of fresh air to hear an Australian accent, in this sea of "New Yaulk" Accents. I say we all take a vote....... What do you say.... Are you with me?!?!? |
01-22-2002, 01:05 PM | #38 |
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quote: Hugh, darlin' - just be yourself. Don't 'lose' your accent, it's part of who you are. I LOVE accents - of all varieties. You don't need to change that to 'fit in' or be understood. *HUGS*
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01-22-2002, 01:10 PM | #39 |
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Hey Gray Mage [img]smile.gif[/img] , I live in Brooklyn, work in NYC. I work in a fairly small Russian networking company on 6th Ave and 57th... And on my days off I go to NYC a lot hehe, so if you're around there perhaps we can go eat lunch or something heheh.
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01-22-2002, 01:18 PM | #40 |
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quote: I just moved from 745 5th avenue, btwn 57th & 58th(small world), Now I'm down by times square, lunch would be cool. |
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