How American are you now?

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How American are you now?
Topic Started: Aug 5 2010, 10:06:23 PM (10,509 Views)
Ausson	Jul 11 2011, 11:23:56 AM Post #241
True Blue Mate Posts: 179 Group: Members** Member #3,149 Joined: Jun 3, 2009 I come from... Sydney, Australia I now live in... Canberra, after 15 years in US (12 in Colorado) I'm planning to move to... lets see how this Canberra thing works out	We were super American on Saturday night, sloppy joes were on the menu. Had to modify a little as one kid wanted nachos, so he had his on tortilla chips, another kid hates nachos, so she had hers on rice. Youngest rug rat opted for rice and dipped her tortilla chips. I also hid some carrots in the mix so I could feel warm and fuzzy (but I would have done that back home as well).



JenbeTas	Jul 19 2011, 12:12:45 PM Post #242
Hippie Wannabe sailing the deep blue sea Posts: 1,197 Group: Members** Member #31 Joined: Feb 18, 2007 I come from... Rushville, Illinois......unfortunately I now live in... Kuala Lumpur till we suffer thru my partner's visa I'm planning to move to... Home to Australia ASAP!!!!!!!	Bindie Jul 5 2011, 12:32:01 AM It's a strange feeling to not notice Australian accents, but to nearly burst into laughter when I talk to my BBF from the South on the phone.



XandyandZak	Aug 16 2011, 05:11:09 PM Post #243
Anklebiter Posts: 16 Group: Members Member #298 Joined: May 18, 2007 I come from... Virginia I now live in... Melbourne's west suburbs I'm planning to move to... not planning on moving anywhere! :)	Bindie Aug 7 2010, 08:05:58 PM LOL. I don't think you have to give up one for the other. It's better to be MORE not LESS. Assimulating to a culture and saying tomahto, doesn't mean you're less American. It just means you making it easier to commuicate. I"m a firm believer of "when in Rome." I wish my accent was LESS American. I would rather not answer questions about where I'm from. I just want to.... be. I agree totally! Haven't given up all of things things that make me "American" but I do go along with the "when in Rome" thing. After all; I moved here... not the other way around! I can say boot and chemist and windscreen and tomato sauce instead of ketchup (though I can never bring myself to say tomato like Aussies do... tu MAH toe... I just sound ridiculous!) There are only a few things I don't say, for some reason I won't say loo. I just won't. I can say "toilet" now instead of bathroom cause I got tired of being laughed at.... lol But I also agree about the accent. Some days I just wish I could lose that good ole Virginia accent, because after you've answered where you're from a million times it gets old. Now that I have my Australian citizenship, and an Aussie asks me if I'm American, I'm just going to say I'm Australian and see if it confuses them....



RachaelK	Aug 16 2011, 05:32:57 PM Post #244
True Blue Mate Posts: 289 Group: Members** Member #2,918 Joined: Nov 11, 2008 I come from... Upstate, NY I now live in... Elwood (Melbourne), VIC	Xandersmum Aug 16 2011, 05:11:09 PM Bindie Aug 7 2010, 08:05:58 PM LOL. I don't think you have to give up one for the other. It's better to be MORE not LESS. Assimulating to a culture and saying tomahto, doesn't mean you're less American. It just means you making it easier to commuicate. I"m a firm believer of "when in Rome." I wish my accent was LESS American. I would rather not answer questions about where I'm from. I just want to.... be. I agree totally! Haven't given up all of things things that make me "American" but I do go along with the "when in Rome" thing. After all; I moved here... not the other way around! I can say boot and chemist and windscreen and tomato sauce instead of ketchup (though I can never bring myself to say tomato like Aussies do... tu MAH toe... I just sound ridiculous!) There are only a few things I don't say, for some reason I won't say loo. I just won't. I can say "toilet" now instead of bathroom cause I got tired of being laughed at.... lol But I also agree about the accent. Some days I just wish I could lose that good ole Virginia accent, because after you've answered where you're from a million times it gets old. Now that I have my Australian citizenship, and an Aussie asks me if I'm American, I'm just going to say I'm Australian and see if it confuses them.... Oh, that's bad. I just thought to myself 'why would saying windscreen be different?'. Duh - because it's a windshield. I've been dating foreigners too long.



West_Texan	Aug 17 2011, 03:15:33 PM Post #245
Chinwagger Posts: 94 Group: Members* Member #4,462 Joined: Mar 19, 2011 I come from... Amarillo, Texas I now live in... Melbourne / Narre Warren	[Tors edit to remove inflammatory hate speech... not allowed here] Edited by TerritorianTori, Aug 18 2011, 10:41:44 AM.



CynicalCountess	Aug 18 2011, 03:07:42 AM Post #246
True Blue Mate Posts: 605 Group: Members** Member #3,432 Joined: Dec 24, 2009 I come from... Knoxville, TN I now live in... Newtown, Sydney, NSW	...Sorry?



s_philli	Aug 27 2011, 03:31:02 PM Post #247
Yacker Posts: 35 Group: Members* Member #4,828 Joined: Jul 22, 2011 I come from... Hartford, CT, USA I now live in... North Melbourne, VIC	I read every page in this thread. It has gotten me all excited about going and experiencing something completely new for a change. Only 3 more months to go! Being from New England, I say "wicked" a lot ("That's wicked awesome!"), like someone from Boston would say. I can only imagine how ridiculous that will sound to the Aussies. xD



incognito	Aug 27 2011, 04:04:37 PM Post #248
Chatterbox Posts: 2,777 Group: Alumni Staff Member #11 Joined: Feb 18, 2007 I come from... Western MA and recently Melbourne I now live in... San Diego! I'm planning to move to... nowhere! Hopefully this is it!	s_philli Aug 27 2011, 03:31:02 PM I read every page in this thread. It has gotten me all excited about going and experiencing something completely new for a change. Only 3 more months to go! Being from New England, I say "wicked" a lot ("That's wicked awesome!"), like someone from Boston would say. I can only imagine how ridiculous that will sound to the Aussies. xD LOL - I used to say wicked a lot too - I grew up in Holyoke MA. Have not heard that in ages!



pastrycook-136	Aug 28 2011, 01:41:18 AM Post #249
True Blue Mate Posts: 1,097 Group: Members** Member #1,138 Joined: Jan 13, 2008 I come from... Reading, PA Lived in Miami for the past 16 years. I now live in... St. Kilda East, Melbourne, Victoria.	I often heard "wicked bad", "wicked good", and "wicked awesome" and few others too when I lived in Providence, RI from 1986-90. It almost sounds like "wicket" when said in a New England accent. I never said it myself though. Edited by pastrycook-136, Aug 28 2011, 01:42:27 AM.
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