Say What?
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Sunday, May 25, 2008
8:32 PM
What?When I first arrived, its was difficult the thick accents of the Australians. This was already brought up by the teachers before we arrived but it was still hard to understand. Many times, I had to ask them to repeat themselves as often I could not catch what they were saying at first. However, as time went by, I grew accustomed to their way of speaking and language was no longer a barrier between us.
The Australians also face a similar problem when talking with us. Our Singaporean accents (if we have any...) often is quite too soft for them and resulting in a frequent "Pardon?" or "Could you repeat that?".
I realised that in order to be understood and heard, we would have to speak louder for them to hear. Being with them and hearing them speak is like a natural deterent towards singlish. It dispels all thoughts of singlish once we've heard them speak in their near perfect pronounciation.
I'm looking forward to seeing everybody in school tmr! :D
- O WEN.
♥Another Day In MELBOURNE♥
