It Finally Happened
I’ve been living in Australia for a little over a year and a half now, and some parts of my accent have gotten a little strange. I say - by American standards - weird words, like ‘heaps’ and ‘down the back’, etc. I notice strong American accents now, and can pick Midwesterners in a way that I never could before.
Occasionally, I’ve watched Australian movies that have American elements without noticing the switch for a little while.
But just now, watching the swimming, I’ve realized that a Commonwealth Bank commerical that I’ve seen maybe five times today has a combination of American and Australian actors. (It’s one of the ones where an American ad company makes an ad for Commonwealth and it doesn’t go well…)
I finally watched it from the beginning and realized from the “American Advertising Company” across the bottom that the people were speaking with different accents. I totally hadn’t heard it any of the other times.
Weird.
Yay! TodayTonight is broadcasting “Live from Beijing” this week. Yet they have an amazing story on Australian gym contracts. Good to know that they’re still chaining old ladies to heaters even whilst getting caught up in Olympic fever.
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