Tuesday, 20 May 2008

You say "To-may-to, I say To-mah-to"

I know that whenever Brett goes to Australia, people there say he's picked up a bit of a US accent, and that on his return to the US, people comment on his strong Australian accent - and the same with me. Well...

Alex has really developed her american accent now that she's at preschool. We have "warder" for "water", "to-may-to" for "to-mah-to" and "bah-nan-nah" for "bar-nar-nar". It's funny how Brett and I instantly look at each other when we hear it - I guess because everything else sounds "Australian" that this word here or there is jarring. We'll see what else she picks up in the last couple of weeks of school!

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Xiamen University, China

Xiamen University, China
Our home away from Australia