Showing posts with label about me. Show all posts
Showing posts with label about me. Show all posts

Saturday, June 29, 2013

:: Vlog - Australian Accent ::

I am fascinated by accents. Whenever one of my friends from overseas posts a little video on Vine or Instagram I secretly hope I will be able to hear them talk because I love, love, love accents. I think I have a pretty standard Australian accent, but I get asked a LOT if I'm from America or New Zealand. Um, no. In light of this I thought I'd make a video for you guys so you can hear what I sound like!

I did a Google search and found a list of words that are apparently said differently around the world. Here they are so you can read them while you watch my video:
Aunt, roof, route, wash, oil, theatre, iron, salmon, caramel, fire, water, sure, data, ruin, crayon, toilet, New Orleans, pecan, both, again, probably, spitting image, Alabama, lawyer, coupon, mayonnaise, syrup, pyjamas, caught, orange, coffee, direction, naturally, aluminium, herbs.

And then some questions:
What is the bubbly carbonated drink called?
What do you call gym shoes?
What do you say to address a group of people?
What do you call the kind of spider that has an oval-shaped body and extremely long legs?
What do you call your grandparents?
What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket?
What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?
What is the thing you change the TV channel with?

And then a passage to read:
Please call Stella. Ask her to bring these things with her from the store: six spoons of fresh snow peas, five thick slabs of blue cheese, and maybe a snack for her brother Bob. We also need a small plastic snake and a big toy for the kids. She can scoop these things into three red bags and we will go meet her Wednesday at the train station.


Do I sound different than you expected? I'd love it if you could make a video and post the link in the comments below so I can hear what you sound like!

Saturday, October 8, 2011

:: Happy Mail Project - About Me ::

Last month I signed up for an 'About Me' swap, hosted by Gracie's Happy Mail Project. I love being a part of the Happy Mail Project - it means fun mail is always filling my mail box! I was partnered up with Alyssa, and couldn't wait to read all about her in her journal :)

Here is what a snippet of what I sent Alyssa:
And here is a peak at what Alyssa sent me:
Alyssa used water colour to decorate her journal which made it super cute and creative! I am also in love with the pretty papers and bits of bling she included in her package. We are also pen pals now, so I am a lucky girl!

Speaking of stationery-related things, don't forget to enter my giveaway!