Jackson Hewitt: On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 10:22:31 +0800, you wrote: > On that note? > > While in Rome last year I went on a guided tour of The > Colosseum, at the end of the tour an American asked if > they had based the design of this Colosseum on the > Stadiums ?back home?. > > This was shortly after she said (while we were > discussing different people?s accents) how she would > love to be in my shoes for a day to hear what her > voice sounds like as she ?doesn?t have an accent?. > Nearby to the same site, no guided tour... 30 years ago..... First visit to the Foro Romano..... lapping up the atmosphere of history, and working out little bits of What Happened Where to Whom.... Nice quiet sunny morning. That is, until a voice rang out that could have been heard in the Vatican: "Myy Gaard ! " "This is IT ?" " It's just a bunch of 'ole raaaarcks !" Ah, the atmosphere. .... ah the various justifications for homicide.... --Peter M PS: At least there's one point in her favour... It is alleged that 30% of US Congressmen do not have a passport. Why do I think that might be accurate ? ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************