atw: Re: [OT] Writing for multiple Englishes: was writingfor Aus audience
- From: "Elizabeth Fullerton" <Elizabeth_Fullerton@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 17:03:08 +1000
my favourite experience was at the uffizi gallery in florence (yes, i have
probably spelled that incorrectly, but care factor very low here) (though
somewhat at odds with the "them peeple is so iggerint" theme):
having spent some time standing in line behind a canadian family (i know they
were canadian because of the north american accent and the comment, with a
gesture towards the graffiti - all in italian - "see, isn't that awful, that
was all done by americans") - i finally purchased my ticket and started up the
stairs behind them. the father was examining a bust by the stairs. screech from
mother: "what are you doing, we don't have all day to stand around looking at
things!"
Regards
Elizabeth Fullerton
Business Solutions Architect
Infosys Australia
Tel: +61 3 9911 3529
Fax: +61 3 9911 3407
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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 ?
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