tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post4655820687176518562..comments2024-03-27T13:32:06.780-02:30Comments on The Other Side of Eighty: ScatteredWisewebwomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-31273179507886992852012-05-24T07:29:20.799-02:302012-05-24T07:29:20.799-02:30I am sure - I've had Kiwis tell me here that t...I am sure - I've had Kiwis tell me here that they love my British accent, when to me it is nothing special. I think that wherever you are, foreign accents hold the allure of the exotic and the unknown...<br /><br />Definitely - I still have very fond memories of sharing a backpacking room with a Corkonian farmer-to-be - he was about to inherit his father's farm, and was on a last 'splurge' before he was tied to it for most of the rest of his working life. He was a lovely, gentle soul :-)Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17965300148218903639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-55417353603329032642012-05-19T12:15:15.355-02:302012-05-19T12:15:15.355-02:30Ah Jo:
I imagine when you're from the originat...Ah Jo:<br />I imagine when you're from the originating accent country it is not so beguiling.<br />Though I have to admit to a fondness for both plummy British and the brogue of NI!<br />Us Corkonians spread afar, don't we?<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-29008655361887143572012-05-19T03:56:00.523-02:302012-05-19T03:56:00.523-02:30I *adore* the Irish accent - I had a seminar last ...I *adore* the Irish accent - I had a seminar last week given by a County Cork professor, who'd been out in Nz since 1988, but his accent was still board enough to have me swooning :-DJohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17965300148218903639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-40904248138740093022012-05-18T18:41:26.839-02:302012-05-18T18:41:26.839-02:30GFB:
And my woodpile likes you, you secret little ...GFB:<br />And my woodpile likes you, you secret little Bluenoser.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-20099635924948771212012-05-18T18:40:23.573-02:302012-05-18T18:40:23.573-02:30Orla:
Ah the faith of the young 'uns, now can ...Orla:<br />Ah the faith of the young 'uns, now can you get rid of this fierce cold of mine?<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-60101242530945438182012-05-18T18:39:41.313-02:302012-05-18T18:39:41.313-02:30Hattie:
Oh do suffer on for the rest of us in Hawa...Hattie:<br />Oh do suffer on for the rest of us in Hawaii, my goodness how lucky you are. :)<br />Endless sunshine and gorgeous ocean.<br />I thought I had lost my accent, lol, and I blush to think how often I've said to people "I'm from Ireland" and how many times the response has been "No kidding."<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-29484791007216653872012-05-18T18:37:36.067-02:302012-05-18T18:37:36.067-02:30GM:
Oh I must write about a part time job I had on...GM:<br />Oh I must write about a part time job I had one time on weekends where I used my voice.....<br />I've heard you on podcasts and you sound so refined. Your mammy would be proud.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-60492964486037321012012-05-18T18:36:35.282-02:302012-05-18T18:36:35.282-02:30Irene:
yes lots of breakalegs and I do so wish thi...Irene:<br />yes lots of breakalegs and I do so wish this awful cold would leave, I am nearly deaf....<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-74673779944551645412012-05-18T18:35:50.326-02:302012-05-18T18:35:50.326-02:30T:
We had Yorkshire neighbours on my road where I ...T:<br />We had Yorkshire neighbours on my road where I grew up and I loved the exoticism of their accents and their Yorkshire baking!<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-46880649841689603882012-05-18T18:34:38.145-02:302012-05-18T18:34:38.145-02:30Nick:
I've always been a sucker for 'right...Nick:<br />I've always been a sucker for 'right posh' :) Ask some of my ex-boyfriends. LOL<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-37786543622443419322012-05-18T12:06:32.403-02:302012-05-18T12:06:32.403-02:30Good on you getting some notice about the broadban...Good on you getting some notice about the broadband situationthere.<br /><br /> An oldtimer asked me once if I came from the east coast cuz I spoke like a bluenoser. I never even knew how they sounded.I did tell him that I was born and raised in Ontario but that some of my family have lived in New Brunswick for over 200 years.<br /><br /> I like your woodpile. :)Government Funded Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14937389348779245666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-46025783571726805602012-05-18T00:26:32.552-02:302012-05-18T00:26:32.552-02:30Ah sure, you'll be grand my dotey pet. No wor...Ah sure, you'll be grand my dotey pet. No worries at all, at all. xoAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956614259563861254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-61035359942493366502012-05-17T15:24:28.146-02:302012-05-17T15:24:28.146-02:30Wow. You are busy. Broadband is my window on the w...Wow. You are busy. Broadband is my window on the world, living way out here in the middle of the Pacific in Hawaii as I do.<br />I love that photo and miss that kind of landscape. <br />I wonder if my Irish friend who lives in Vancouver thinks she has lost her "accent." I hope she never does, because it is part of her charm.Hattiehttp://hattie.typepad.com/hatties_web/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-56988982876330839052012-05-17T12:12:32.525-02:302012-05-17T12:12:32.525-02:30Congratulations and enjoy the Buzz! It is very wel...Congratulations and enjoy the Buzz! It is very well deserved.<br /><br />Voices and accents are strange things. Here in Northern Ireland I am told I have a lovely brogue, yet when I go down south... they laugh at my northern twang. I hate the sound of my own recorded voice.Grannymarhttp://grannymar.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-87348001182991558712012-05-17T11:49:26.066-02:302012-05-17T11:49:26.066-02:30I'm very conscious of the Dutch accent with wh...I'm very conscious of the Dutch accent with which I speak English. I think I would be horrified to hear my recorded voice. I think the Irish one is charming and I wouldn't be embarrassed about it at all if I were you. <br /><br />Break a leg, WWW. I think it's bad luck to wish you success so I won't.Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05043376053971475659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-45273292228442168782012-05-17T11:15:41.814-02:302012-05-17T11:15:41.814-02:30Of all the accents for which I'd swap my Yorks...Of all the accents for which I'd swap my Yorkshire twang, I'd choose Irish - I love to hear it.<br /><br />Break a leg - in all directions WWW!Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-65337831091030773392012-05-17T04:48:07.308-02:302012-05-17T04:48:07.308-02:30Engrained accents can be very hard to lose. I fond...Engrained accents can be very hard to lose. I fondly imagine I have a quite neutral English accent but everyone says it's right posh.nickhttp://nickhereandnow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com