tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018985237438196013.post4161068620587181763..comments2024-01-04T08:15:33.342+01:00Comments on Big Fun in a Tiny Pueblo: Templar Do-Rag: or A Toad in PonferradaRebrites@yahoo.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11827625656760747239noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018985237438196013.post-87149482243991621202008-09-27T21:36:00.000+02:002008-09-27T21:36:00.000+02:00Your experience reminds me of the scene in My Fair...Your experience reminds me of the scene in My Fair Lady where Eliza is at the big ball. The snoopy linguist who dances with her suspects that she is not what she seems, but is instead "A Hungarian of Royal Descent!". Seems like language experts haven't improved.<BR/><BR/>We are just home from walking from Arles to Dourgne, and crossed paths with an English pilgrim, Robert, for a few days. When talking, we exchanged blog info. I told him he would enjoy yours, and found that we both post to it, and were both mourning your internet problems. He posts as the Solitary Walker.Timecheckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03655966328174898998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018985237438196013.post-41135757106731540032008-09-23T16:17:00.000+02:002008-09-23T16:17:00.000+02:00thanks Claire. I got over it. This is one good re...thanks Claire. I got over it. This is one good reason to keep Patrick around... I can blame him and all his limey kin & company for knocking all the edges off my accent!Rebrites@yahoo.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11827625656760747239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018985237438196013.post-9076834909190451342008-09-22T22:22:00.000+02:002008-09-22T22:22:00.000+02:00My experience with accents, Rebekah, is that a Nor...My experience with accents, Rebekah, is that a North American living outside of the US loses, how shall I say, the 'clarity of her or his accent.'<BR/>I explain. Some nearly forty years ago I had a roommate from Ohio and one from Texas. When I met them, their accent was not particularly strong. I could recognize they came from the US, but that was all.<BR/>When they went on homeleave, however, and returned, My oh My, their accent had gone back to their original feel. Very very different.<BR/>So the person who thought you were not US born, in a way, was mistaken because possibly it has been a while you've not been to the US. And your having to speak so many languages wears off your original accent.<BR/>It was not an insult. Just an observation. From someone who did not know any better...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com