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"CatNipped" wrote in message
news "Sherry " wrote in message ... On 2004-10-23, Sherry wrote: Gotta agree with you, Seanette. I posted about Jake back earlier in the summer. I made several suggestions to DH as to how to "relocate" him. (her?). The suggestions all kinda died for lack of a second. Jake eats mice. You might want to keep him. Jake's eating something, for sure. If he gets much bigger he's going to be scary. Here's a pic I took last spring when I caught him out on the top of the cellar sunning himself. http://members.aol.com/greywolf17/snake1.jpg http://members.aol.com/greywolf17/snake2.jpg Sherry Oh my, what a gorgeous creature!! Sorry, I *LOVE* snakes, they are so silky (they are *NOT* slimy, I love petting them) and graceful - attributes they share with cats. I"d agree - he is very pretty. Although I'm not sure I'd like to get too close to him. Being an Aussie, its pretty safe to assume that any snake you meet is quite fatal. Yes, we do have pythons that aren't exceptionally deadly, but most of the ones humans encounter are quite lethal (having the top 9 most venomous snakes in the world), which is why I have a healthy 'respect' of snakes. But I have petted a python once at a petting zoo and was very impressed with the fact that snakes seem to be just one big long muscle. Amazing critters. Yowie --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.782 / Virus Database: 528 - Release Date: 22/10/04 |
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"Yowie" wrote in message
... "Yoj" wrote in message m... "Yowie" wrote in message ... "Kreisleriana" wrote in message ... On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 07:30:42 -0700, Seanette Blaylock yodeled: "Yowie" had some very interesting things to say about "go down cellar": I'm remembering when I rang a very fancy hotel in Minneapolis to talk to my friend who was away on business. I used to think I didn't have a particularly strong Australian accent, but the receptionist simply couldn't understand me until I started speaking in my fake American accent. For a hotel that would surely get guests from all over the world, I would have thought my accent would not present a problem, but perhaps Australian sounds *particularly* strange to American ears. Not to me, it doesn't, and I happen to like the Aussie accent. I like the sound. :-) I lived with one for quite a few years. You get used to it. Sometimes you can even understand it. :P But I have to say that when I was hearing news reports on NPR about the recent Australian election, I was almost jolted out of bed by the strength of Howard's ("Haaaaaaaad") and Latham's accents. 'Strewth! Both speak with quite an "educated" city accents (except for Mr Howards characteristic "aaah" and "umm"s) and would have most likely taken eloquotion(sp?) lessons. The way the speak is similar to our news anchor people, which have to speak "correctly" (for an Aussie, anyway). The further you go from the cities, the stronger the accent and slower the drawl. People from Far North Queensland, Northern Territory and the northern bit of Western Australia have much stronger accents than us urbanites, who in comparison speak very fast and "clip" our words. Yowie On my first trip to Australia, I didn't notice any difference in accents in the various places I visited. On my second trip, I noticed some differences, as well as different speech patterns. For instance, most places I went, the usual greeting was "G'day". In Darwin, it was, "Howaya?" I noticed a few times, though, that if one Aussie greeted another with "Howaya?", the other usually responded by saying "G'day". I have some Aussie CD's, and find that, although their accents aren't the same, both John Williamson and Lazy Harry have what I would call an Aussie accent. To my dismay, Slim Dusty pronounced most words the same way I do. In fact, one song ("We've Done us Proud") sounds as though it could have been written about the United States, and there is nothing in his pronunciation to give a clue otherwise. I say to my dismay, because I like the Aussie accent, and I like Aussie slang too. They say that while people have different accents whilst speaking, almost every singer who sings in English *sings* with an American accent :-) Yowie To a certain extent, that's true. My late husband was a Barbershopper. The year before he died, we went to England for the British Association of Barbershop Singers convention. I was looking forward to hearing some English singing, but all the quartets and choruses sang the same songs, and sounded the same, as the American Barbershoppers. There was a Swedish chorus that had slight accents on some words, but most of it could have been sung here at home. However, both John Williamson and Lazy Harry pronounce some words differently from the way they are pronounced here. Joy |
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"Yowie" wrote in message
... "Yoj" wrote in message m... "Yowie" wrote in message ... "Kreisleriana" wrote in message ... On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 07:30:42 -0700, Seanette Blaylock yodeled: "Yowie" had some very interesting things to say about "go down cellar": I'm remembering when I rang a very fancy hotel in Minneapolis to talk to my friend who was away on business. I used to think I didn't have a particularly strong Australian accent, but the receptionist simply couldn't understand me until I started speaking in my fake American accent. For a hotel that would surely get guests from all over the world, I would have thought my accent would not present a problem, but perhaps Australian sounds *particularly* strange to American ears. Not to me, it doesn't, and I happen to like the Aussie accent. I like the sound. :-) I lived with one for quite a few years. You get used to it. Sometimes you can even understand it. :P But I have to say that when I was hearing news reports on NPR about the recent Australian election, I was almost jolted out of bed by the strength of Howard's ("Haaaaaaaad") and Latham's accents. 'Strewth! Both speak with quite an "educated" city accents (except for Mr Howards characteristic "aaah" and "umm"s) and would have most likely taken eloquotion(sp?) lessons. The way the speak is similar to our news anchor people, which have to speak "correctly" (for an Aussie, anyway). The further you go from the cities, the stronger the accent and slower the drawl. People from Far North Queensland, Northern Territory and the northern bit of Western Australia have much stronger accents than us urbanites, who in comparison speak very fast and "clip" our words. Yowie On my first trip to Australia, I didn't notice any difference in accents in the various places I visited. On my second trip, I noticed some differences, as well as different speech patterns. For instance, most places I went, the usual greeting was "G'day". In Darwin, it was, "Howaya?" I noticed a few times, though, that if one Aussie greeted another with "Howaya?", the other usually responded by saying "G'day". I have some Aussie CD's, and find that, although their accents aren't the same, both John Williamson and Lazy Harry have what I would call an Aussie accent. To my dismay, Slim Dusty pronounced most words the same way I do. In fact, one song ("We've Done us Proud") sounds as though it could have been written about the United States, and there is nothing in his pronunciation to give a clue otherwise. I say to my dismay, because I like the Aussie accent, and I like Aussie slang too. They say that while people have different accents whilst speaking, almost every singer who sings in English *sings* with an American accent :-) Yowie To a certain extent, that's true. My late husband was a Barbershopper. The year before he died, we went to England for the British Association of Barbershop Singers convention. I was looking forward to hearing some English singing, but all the quartets and choruses sang the same songs, and sounded the same, as the American Barbershoppers. There was a Swedish chorus that had slight accents on some words, but most of it could have been sung here at home. However, both John Williamson and Lazy Harry pronounce some words differently from the way they are pronounced here. Joy |
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"Yowie" wrote in message
... "Yoj" wrote in message m... "Yowie" wrote in message ... "Kreisleriana" wrote in message ... On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 07:30:42 -0700, Seanette Blaylock yodeled: "Yowie" had some very interesting things to say about "go down cellar": I'm remembering when I rang a very fancy hotel in Minneapolis to talk to my friend who was away on business. I used to think I didn't have a particularly strong Australian accent, but the receptionist simply couldn't understand me until I started speaking in my fake American accent. For a hotel that would surely get guests from all over the world, I would have thought my accent would not present a problem, but perhaps Australian sounds *particularly* strange to American ears. Not to me, it doesn't, and I happen to like the Aussie accent. I like the sound. :-) I lived with one for quite a few years. You get used to it. Sometimes you can even understand it. :P But I have to say that when I was hearing news reports on NPR about the recent Australian election, I was almost jolted out of bed by the strength of Howard's ("Haaaaaaaad") and Latham's accents. 'Strewth! Both speak with quite an "educated" city accents (except for Mr Howards characteristic "aaah" and "umm"s) and would have most likely taken eloquotion(sp?) lessons. The way the speak is similar to our news anchor people, which have to speak "correctly" (for an Aussie, anyway). The further you go from the cities, the stronger the accent and slower the drawl. People from Far North Queensland, Northern Territory and the northern bit of Western Australia have much stronger accents than us urbanites, who in comparison speak very fast and "clip" our words. Yowie On my first trip to Australia, I didn't notice any difference in accents in the various places I visited. On my second trip, I noticed some differences, as well as different speech patterns. For instance, most places I went, the usual greeting was "G'day". In Darwin, it was, "Howaya?" I noticed a few times, though, that if one Aussie greeted another with "Howaya?", the other usually responded by saying "G'day". I have some Aussie CD's, and find that, although their accents aren't the same, both John Williamson and Lazy Harry have what I would call an Aussie accent. To my dismay, Slim Dusty pronounced most words the same way I do. In fact, one song ("We've Done us Proud") sounds as though it could have been written about the United States, and there is nothing in his pronunciation to give a clue otherwise. I say to my dismay, because I like the Aussie accent, and I like Aussie slang too. They say that while people have different accents whilst speaking, almost every singer who sings in English *sings* with an American accent :-) Yowie To a certain extent, that's true. My late husband was a Barbershopper. The year before he died, we went to England for the British Association of Barbershop Singers convention. I was looking forward to hearing some English singing, but all the quartets and choruses sang the same songs, and sounded the same, as the American Barbershoppers. There was a Swedish chorus that had slight accents on some words, but most of it could have been sung here at home. However, both John Williamson and Lazy Harry pronounce some words differently from the way they are pronounced here. Joy |
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"Yowie" wrote in message
... "CatNipped" wrote in message news "Sherry " wrote in message ... On 2004-10-23, Sherry wrote: Gotta agree with you, Seanette. I posted about Jake back earlier in the summer. I made several suggestions to DH as to how to "relocate" him. (her?). The suggestions all kinda died for lack of a second. Jake eats mice. You might want to keep him. Jake's eating something, for sure. If he gets much bigger he's going to be scary. Here's a pic I took last spring when I caught him out on the top of the cellar sunning himself. http://members.aol.com/greywolf17/snake1.jpg http://members.aol.com/greywolf17/snake2.jpg Sherry Oh my, what a gorgeous creature!! Sorry, I *LOVE* snakes, they are so silky (they are *NOT* slimy, I love petting them) and graceful - attributes they share with cats. I"d agree - he is very pretty. Although I'm not sure I'd like to get too close to him. Being an Aussie, its pretty safe to assume that any snake you meet is quite fatal. Yes, we do have pythons that aren't exceptionally deadly, but most of the ones humans encounter are quite lethal (having the top 9 most venomous snakes in the world), which is why I have a healthy 'respect' of snakes. But I have petted a python once at a petting zoo and was very impressed with the fact that snakes seem to be just one big long muscle. Amazing critters. Yowie While I love snakes, I wouldn't mess with one in the wild - especially in Australia. I like them when they have been identified as harmless and are used to people. Joy |
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"Yowie" wrote in message
... "CatNipped" wrote in message news "Sherry " wrote in message ... On 2004-10-23, Sherry wrote: Gotta agree with you, Seanette. I posted about Jake back earlier in the summer. I made several suggestions to DH as to how to "relocate" him. (her?). The suggestions all kinda died for lack of a second. Jake eats mice. You might want to keep him. Jake's eating something, for sure. If he gets much bigger he's going to be scary. Here's a pic I took last spring when I caught him out on the top of the cellar sunning himself. http://members.aol.com/greywolf17/snake1.jpg http://members.aol.com/greywolf17/snake2.jpg Sherry Oh my, what a gorgeous creature!! Sorry, I *LOVE* snakes, they are so silky (they are *NOT* slimy, I love petting them) and graceful - attributes they share with cats. I"d agree - he is very pretty. Although I'm not sure I'd like to get too close to him. Being an Aussie, its pretty safe to assume that any snake you meet is quite fatal. Yes, we do have pythons that aren't exceptionally deadly, but most of the ones humans encounter are quite lethal (having the top 9 most venomous snakes in the world), which is why I have a healthy 'respect' of snakes. But I have petted a python once at a petting zoo and was very impressed with the fact that snakes seem to be just one big long muscle. Amazing critters. Yowie While I love snakes, I wouldn't mess with one in the wild - especially in Australia. I like them when they have been identified as harmless and are used to people. Joy |
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"Yowie" wrote in message
... "CatNipped" wrote in message news "Sherry " wrote in message ... On 2004-10-23, Sherry wrote: Gotta agree with you, Seanette. I posted about Jake back earlier in the summer. I made several suggestions to DH as to how to "relocate" him. (her?). The suggestions all kinda died for lack of a second. Jake eats mice. You might want to keep him. Jake's eating something, for sure. If he gets much bigger he's going to be scary. Here's a pic I took last spring when I caught him out on the top of the cellar sunning himself. http://members.aol.com/greywolf17/snake1.jpg http://members.aol.com/greywolf17/snake2.jpg Sherry Oh my, what a gorgeous creature!! Sorry, I *LOVE* snakes, they are so silky (they are *NOT* slimy, I love petting them) and graceful - attributes they share with cats. I"d agree - he is very pretty. Although I'm not sure I'd like to get too close to him. Being an Aussie, its pretty safe to assume that any snake you meet is quite fatal. Yes, we do have pythons that aren't exceptionally deadly, but most of the ones humans encounter are quite lethal (having the top 9 most venomous snakes in the world), which is why I have a healthy 'respect' of snakes. But I have petted a python once at a petting zoo and was very impressed with the fact that snakes seem to be just one big long muscle. Amazing critters. Yowie While I love snakes, I wouldn't mess with one in the wild - especially in Australia. I like them when they have been identified as harmless and are used to people. Joy |
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All right, it's about time someone did: "Go down cellar, Way down in Egypt laa-aaa-aaand!" Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com |
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All right, it's about time someone did: "Go down cellar, Way down in Egypt laa-aaa-aaand!" Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com |
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All right, it's about time someone did: "Go down cellar, Way down in Egypt laa-aaa-aaand!" Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com |
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