Reasons to make the O_o Face
There are times when you read, see or hear something that just makes you :o. This is the thread to share them on!
The other day I don't know where I stumbled on a thread discussing the Nancy Drew novels. I remembered how much I loved them and I did a little research...which led me to the original publishers, who also published the Hardy Boys and the Bobbsey Twins. All written by a cadre of ghost writers under cover names. Then I found a link to an audio book of one of the Bobbsey Twins stories, which I loved when I was a kid. I listened to it for old times' sake. The :o happened when the author described little Flossie-aged-four's collection of dolls, among which was a black Sambo doll given to her by the family's "coloured cook Dinah, and her husband the stableman, Sam." Who had "excellent rooms above the stables." They had given her this black worsted ragdoll (named Jujube) which she kept with her other dolls..."but apart, at the other end of the shelf, and with a nice piece of white pasteboard in between--because, well, he wasn't really family."
:o :o
The story goes on to state that Flossie had thought about giving Jujube away but didn't want to hurt Dinah's feelings; "and after all, as Mamma said, there weren't any doll hospitals for black orphan dolls."
No wonder the Bobbsey Twins books went out of fashion. Nancy Drew is still available today...but then there was nothing like that in them.
So, VWers, what made you :o today?
I can completely understand your accents. Although, when you say VEGWEB, it comes out as 'VEEJ-WEEB'
j/s
I love the kiwi accent....but up until I moved here I thought it sounded exactly like the Aussie accent - now I know differently!
What I particularly love now is the whole 'nah....yeah' when they mean yes, and then there's 'yeah....nah' when they mean no.
Still haven't figured out 'nah, yeah, nah' which does that mean.
We call it fizzy drink too. Want a glass of fizzy, Mum? :P Watch her ears start to steam.
eta: better yet, cultivate a New Zealand accent. Apparently a lot of people in the states can't understand a word we say.
I could never confuse a Kiwi or Oz accent with UK. Never. Of course it does depend what area said Kiwi is from but I have to say I find it muuuch more nasal than anything I've ever heard from the UK, except maybe Belfast.
What cracks me up about my Oz friends (all missionaries etc) is a little "vocal tic" they have in prayer. They'll go along talking and suddenly say, "Um, yeah." Pause, take a breath, carry on. So it's like "Thank you Lord for this beautiful day, we ask that you be with us and help us...um, yeah. (Pause, breath) Help us to learn to..." etc. It's not easy to be properly respectful when it gives me the giggles every time it happens! (But then I'm a horrible person.)
Shell, the "nah, yeah, nah" sounds like wosserface from Little Britain: "Yeah, but, no, but, yeah! Am I bovvered? No, but am I bovvered?"
:-D I love everyone's ideas about the soda/pop/fizzy!
eta: better yet, cultivate a New Zealand accent. Apparently a lot of people in the states can't understand a word we say.
HAHAHAHAHA! I just now saw this! I like it! Personally, I have no issue understanding New Zealand people..except the slang you use. I personally think the accent is highly attractive. I could listen to a girl from New Zealand talk all day. lol!
We call it fizzy drink too. Want a glass of fizzy, Mum? :P Watch her ears start to steam.
eta: better yet, cultivate a New Zealand accent. Apparently a lot of people in the states can't understand a word we say.
I could never confuse a Kiwi or Oz accent with UK. Never. Of course it does depend what area said Kiwi is from but I have to say I find it muuuch more nasal than anything I've ever heard from the UK, except maybe Belfast.
What cracks me up about my Oz friends (all missionaries etc) is a little "vocal tic" they have in prayer. They'll go along talking and suddenly say, "Um, yeah." Pause, take a breath, carry on. So it's like "Thank you Lord for this beautiful day, we ask that you be with us and help us...um, yeah. (Pause, breath) Help us to learn to..." etc. It's not easy to be properly respectful when it gives me the giggles every time it happens! (But then I'm a horrible person.)
Shell, the "nah, yeah, nah" sounds like wosserface from Little Britain: "Yeah, but, no, but, yeah! Am I bovvered? No, but am I bovvered?"
Kiwis have a tendency to say 'yeah, nah' when they mean no and 'nah, yeah' when they mean yes....but when they say both various amounts of times I GET CONFUSED!!
And I really thought I would never get a kiwi and UK accent mixed up, but there's a couple of kiwis at work that I honestly did not know were kiwi and really thought they were English....nope just quite posh and so had no real distinctive kiwi accent (or had had it ironed out).
And wait until you meet many kiwis to say you understand the accent. Most people I am fine with but for some reason I find people from Taranaki more difficult to understand! Which is embarrassing as some of our best mates come from there and I often have to ask them to repeat themselves coz I don't understand!! Just as well they know me well enough to not get angry :D
But then I am absolutely appalling with recognising accents - I still get the Irish and the Scottish accent confused.....and that's after 11 years of living with a Scot - whoops!
Heehee I think it's whichever one you end with? Like if I said "nah, yea, nah" I'd mean no. And "yea, nah, yea" I'd mean yes. I think. Yea I have been mistaken for English before, by English people... my accent isn't the broadest of Kiwi accents. Though I can certainly make it that way.
Best description of the NZ accent I've ever heard is "South Pacific Hillbilly".
Aussies make fun of kiwi accents all the time. :)
Is the "nah, yea, nah" and "yea, nah, yea" a sort of sarcastic thing? Like saying "Yeeeaaaah..... no." ?
I guess I don't get how it would be said aloud, intonation and all.
It can be sarcastic but isn't usually. It's just like... a weird vernacular quirk.
"Are you going to the RWC final tonight?"
"Oh yea nah, don't have the money for that at the moment."
Or "Hey did you hear Dan Carter strained his groin and won't be kicking tonight?"
"Yea nah yea, ratshit eh! Oh well at least we've got Weepu."
Or "Think the Frenchies have a hope?"
"Nah, yea nah, no way. Go All Blacks!"
Teehee :P
I might make a video later if you want to hear how it goes. It's like reaffirming the answer you are actually giving. I wonder if anyone has studied it *linguist brain starts ticking*.
this shit is confusing
:-D I love everyone's ideas about the soda/pop/fizzy!
eta: better yet, cultivate a New Zealand accent. Apparently a lot of people in the states can't understand a word we say.
HAHAHAHAHA! I just now saw this! I like it! Personally, I have no issue understanding New Zealand people..except the slang you use. I personally think the accent is highly attractive. I could listen to a girl from New Zealand talk all day. lol!
I like the word soda, but I mainly learned it from here and other international food websites. I was brought up on 'fizzy drinks' (the phrase, not so much the actual drinks, coz my dear parents never encouraged us to consume that much sugar regularly).
I'm surprised and pleased that you - and, presumably, some other people - like the NZ accent. :) I've kinda hated it for years - the really broad version of it, at least. I thought it sounds a bit lazy and stupid, and generally 'flat.'. :-\
When my folks and I lived in Aussie for three years, plenty of folks got our accent right away, but some thought we were from either Britain or South Africa (wait, what?). When we corrected them and said we were from NZ, they became less friendly.* ;D
And I really thought I would never get a kiwi and UK accent mixed up, but there's a couple of kiwis at work that I honestly did not know were kiwi and really thought they were English....nope just quite posh and so had no real distinctive kiwi accent (or had had it ironed out).
I sort of admire people who can 'iron out' their accents. My aunt always did this - she always sounded as close to British as a Kiwi can get. But then, she always wanted to live in Britain... My big sister has lived in Australia for most of the last ten years, and I was asking her last week whether she had to consciously adapt her accent so she wouldn't have people making fun of her.* She said she did with the the 'i's because that's the really obvious one, but in other vowel sounds she'd purposefully pronounce them the NZ way just on principle (out of stubbornness, heheh).
* For those who don't know: Aussies can be quite anti-Kiwi... and vice-versa. :P
I sort of admire people who can 'iron out' their accents. My aunt always did this - she always sounded as close to British as a Kiwi can get. But then, she always wanted to live in Britain... My big sister has lived in Australia for most of the last ten years, and I was asking her last week whether she had to consciously adapt her accent so she wouldn't have people making fun of her.* She said she did with the the 'i's because that's the really obvious one, but in other vowel sounds she'd purposefully pronounce them the NZ way just on principle (out of stubbornness, heheh).
I have done this, to some extent. I never had a super-American accent to begin with, but once I started working here (managing a Domino's pizza place...horrible job ftr) I didn't want to be obviously American when talking to customers so I made a conscious effort for some words/phrases, like to-mah-to instead of to-may-to. But after living here for nearly 6 years, I've picked up a lot of things unconsciously as well. I've met quite a few Americans here who don't realize I'm American until I tell them. And my brother makes fun of my Aussie accent, even though I don't think I really have one. ::)
Hyena's give birth through their clits.wtf?! OUCH but they are so tough!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icx5TucPZpw&feature=youtu.be
Hugo just opened the closet by himself, pulled out a blanket, dragged it to the middle of the floor and curled up on it. :o I didn't know he could open closets. What a buttface.
Hugo just opened the closet by himself, pulled out a blanket, dragged it to the middle of the floor and curled up on it. :o I didn't know he could open closets. What a buttface.
maybe he's been watching this dog?
http://ffffunny.com/funny-images/9200/original/ffffunny-pload20110727-11733-1gtdyl1-0.?1311800482
yeah yeah nah, yeah nah yeah, nah nah yeah all make perfect sense at the time, but there is no way to explain it...
you all just need to come to New Zealand and hear for yourselves!
Am I going blind, or does VegWeb actually NOT HAVE a recipe category for preserved/canned foods like jam and marmalade?? :o
Nope, but I'm relieved by it. I wouldn't know how to review them for safety.
You'd just have to test them all. ;)
I just received word that a old friend of mine is having a baby and I'm totally (totally) speechless. I could go probably through a whole list of why this is shocking to me but I can't even put it into words. I mean. Wow. Dumbfounded. Wow. He...nevermind. Wow.
PLUS!! Everyone my age is having kids, getting married, having serious relationships. I mean, I'm not totally wanting those things so maybe that's why I'm not participating in them..and I'm not actively comparing myself to those people and/or their successes. But I can't help but feel pressure from my peers, my family, my town and what's around me to get married, have kids, settle down, etc.
I wouldn't mind having a serious relationship but (with my lady) I want to do things like explore the world, the country, nature, museums, and historical places. I want us to see concerts, plays, musicals, and orchestras. I want us to learn from, educate and challenge each other. I want us to help other people and fight for causes.
I ain't got time for no stinkin' babies. :P
http://i39.tinypic.com/eitf9.png
^ i like that
though i do want to get married, and surprised by how many people in my class are getting married over the past two years. I guess this type of environment is when people start feeling comfortable setting down, when they figure out their career and all. But I CANNOT imagine having a kid during grad school, yet some people do it.
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