Comments on: Personality http://boxofjack.com/articles/2007/07/15/personality/ I hail from Melbourne, Australia but I am living in Seattle, Washington. This blog is powered by passive aggression. Sun, 14 Aug 2011 23:25:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Lachlan http://boxofjack.com/articles/2007/07/15/personality/#comment-922 Lachlan Thu, 19 Jul 2007 01:51:04 +0000 http://boxofjack.com/articles/2007/07/15/personality/#comment-922 <p>There's like 8 different english accent variants or something - some of them are awesome! My boss (from SF) seriously can't understand the London guy, to the point where he has to give the phone to someone else when he's trying to talk to her.</p> There’s like 8 different english accent variants or something – some of them are awesome! My boss (from SF) seriously can’t understand the London guy, to the point where he has to give the phone to someone else when he’s trying to talk to her.

]]> By: Jack http://boxofjack.com/articles/2007/07/15/personality/#comment-906 Jack Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:34:21 +0000 http://boxofjack.com/articles/2007/07/15/personality/#comment-906 <p>OMG! Goddamn peppers. I want a capsicum, stop fucking with me.</p> <p>I drool at British accents. They are the bee's pajamas.</p> <p>Umm... the only Australian TV you might catch is Australia's Next Top Model. If you don't like watching that train wreck, then there's not much else. I download The Chaser but these day's they've lost a lot of their political/social commentary and it's more about being a public nuisance.</p> OMG! Goddamn peppers. I want a capsicum, stop fucking with me.

I drool at British accents. They are the bee’s pajamas.

Umm… the only Australian TV you might catch is Australia’s Next Top Model. If you don’t like watching that train wreck, then there’s not much else. I download The Chaser but these day’s they’ve lost a lot of their political/social commentary and it’s more about being a public nuisance.

]]> By: Nicotine http://boxofjack.com/articles/2007/07/15/personality/#comment-905 Nicotine Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:39:44 +0000 http://boxofjack.com/articles/2007/07/15/personality/#comment-905 <p>Let's add "Bell Peppers" to that American word list. WTF, where is the pepper? I'll take "Capsicum" any day.</p> <p>I'm not very fond of the American accent (particular the southern one) and much prefer the British one. It's just a lot more soothing to me. I haven't been able to find any Australian TV here but listening to a bunch of old British Professors talk stuff (that I don't even understand) on the History channel soothes the pain. Wutang.</p> Let’s add “Bell Peppers” to that American word list. WTF, where is the pepper? I’ll take “Capsicum” any day.

I’m not very fond of the American accent (particular the southern one) and much prefer the British one. It’s just a lot more soothing to me. I haven’t been able to find any Australian TV here but listening to a bunch of old British Professors talk stuff (that I don’t even understand) on the History channel soothes the pain. Wutang.

]]> By: Jack http://boxofjack.com/articles/2007/07/15/personality/#comment-901 Jack Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:08:30 +0000 http://boxofjack.com/articles/2007/07/15/personality/#comment-901 <p>I've been told my accent sounds "British-y" (I'm from Melbourne).</p> <p>My accent is something that I've struggled with since moving to Seattle. I think I subconsciously tone it down around Americans and I also end up adopting a lot of their words (i.e. soda, parking lot, etc.). I've also heard a few American accents that, at a distance, sound vaguely Australian.</p> <p>Anyway what I'm trying to say is that the "hot Australian guy" stereotype that the American girls love is very hard to apply to me with my Asian appearance and hard-to-place, not-very-obvious accent.</p> I’ve been told my accent sounds “British-y” (I’m from Melbourne).

My accent is something that I’ve struggled with since moving to Seattle. I think I subconsciously tone it down around Americans and I also end up adopting a lot of their words (i.e. soda, parking lot, etc.). I’ve also heard a few American accents that, at a distance, sound vaguely Australian.

Anyway what I’m trying to say is that the “hot Australian guy” stereotype that the American girls love is very hard to apply to me with my Asian appearance and hard-to-place, not-very-obvious accent.

]]> By: Jen http://boxofjack.com/articles/2007/07/15/personality/#comment-900 Jen Sun, 15 Jul 2007 23:33:37 +0000 http://boxofjack.com/articles/2007/07/15/personality/#comment-900 <p>It is soooo splendid to find another person who enjoys Aqualung. Those people are few and far between. Aqualung should be on those personality tests they make you do at highschool. It would have the sheer power to bump you from extrovert to introvert. Because you've got to be a certain type of person to enjoy the musical stylings of Aqualung.</p> <p>Oh, and by "certain" I mean "my".</p> <p>Don't worry about discerning Australian accents. Mine isn't a very good gauge of what Australians sound like. It is a mix of British and American with a few tiny Aussie words thrown in for good luck.</p> It is soooo splendid to find another person who enjoys Aqualung. Those people are few and far between. Aqualung should be on those personality tests they make you do at highschool. It would have the sheer power to bump you from extrovert to introvert. Because you’ve got to be a certain type of person to enjoy the musical stylings of Aqualung.

Oh, and by “certain” I mean “my”.

Don’t worry about discerning Australian accents. Mine isn’t a very good gauge of what Australians sound like. It is a mix of British and American with a few tiny Aussie words thrown in for good luck.

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