Melexiious
Well-Known Member
Welcome,
Now let me start with a story (well, three) of /why/ I've been thinking this.
Near to a year ago, a friend of mine added me to a skype chat with his friends. Now, they were all american who had only ever heard Americans talk to them IRL, when they added me that was apparently their first Australian Accent they've actually ever heard in real life.
I could easily hear their reaction, it was a side splitting one. They couldn't stop laughing for a slolid 15 seconds. Doesn't sound like much, until you count 15 seconds in your head, and just imagine laughter running through all that. I felt kinda bad but after awhile it wasn't technically them laughing /at/ me, well... They were, but they were laughing at me in a /good/ way.
They kept making my say stereotypical Australian things, they laughed when I actually called them mate, thinking I was joking when I said it. That made me think, fairly hard actually. I realized that most of these "Australian" tics and habits come absolutely naturally to me, and from the outside perspective of an american... it was priceless!
From then on in, I spent a fair bit of time of thinking about how I talk, that leads me to my second story... happened about 3-4 months ago, I was thinking about this exact same situation and I well, I bumped into someone. Before I could even think I said "Sorry Mate." and walked off.
To this day, I'm still not sure if this was just my subconscious working or not, because I was thinking about this exact situation before it happened.
Regardless, lets cut to about... 6 days ago, where I was walking down the street and well.
I bumped into someone,
again.
But this time, before I could say anything, they other guy said "Are you okay, Mate?" Him saying that made me laugh a bit and I responded. "Don't worry, mate. I'm fine." We both shared goodbyes and walked our paths away. Ever since that day, I was hearing tons upon tons of people saying Mate. It's almost maddening, I've just realized something that I shouldn't have.
So, the Australian stereotype is true, Guess it had to come from somewhere.
So I ask you, a fairly damn multicultural group of people, French, Chinese, Korean, English, Dutch ect ect, I ask you, to think about your national stereotype. Mainly the way they speak, and see how much you act like it.
That's just something that's been on my mind,
Now, return to whatever-da-fuck you were doing before.
Now let me start with a story (well, three) of /why/ I've been thinking this.
Near to a year ago, a friend of mine added me to a skype chat with his friends. Now, they were all american who had only ever heard Americans talk to them IRL, when they added me that was apparently their first Australian Accent they've actually ever heard in real life.
I could easily hear their reaction, it was a side splitting one. They couldn't stop laughing for a slolid 15 seconds. Doesn't sound like much, until you count 15 seconds in your head, and just imagine laughter running through all that. I felt kinda bad but after awhile it wasn't technically them laughing /at/ me, well... They were, but they were laughing at me in a /good/ way.
They kept making my say stereotypical Australian things, they laughed when I actually called them mate, thinking I was joking when I said it. That made me think, fairly hard actually. I realized that most of these "Australian" tics and habits come absolutely naturally to me, and from the outside perspective of an american... it was priceless!
From then on in, I spent a fair bit of time of thinking about how I talk, that leads me to my second story... happened about 3-4 months ago, I was thinking about this exact same situation and I well, I bumped into someone. Before I could even think I said "Sorry Mate." and walked off.
To this day, I'm still not sure if this was just my subconscious working or not, because I was thinking about this exact situation before it happened.
Regardless, lets cut to about... 6 days ago, where I was walking down the street and well.
I bumped into someone,
again.
But this time, before I could say anything, they other guy said "Are you okay, Mate?" Him saying that made me laugh a bit and I responded. "Don't worry, mate. I'm fine." We both shared goodbyes and walked our paths away. Ever since that day, I was hearing tons upon tons of people saying Mate. It's almost maddening, I've just realized something that I shouldn't have.
So, the Australian stereotype is true, Guess it had to come from somewhere.
So I ask you, a fairly damn multicultural group of people, French, Chinese, Korean, English, Dutch ect ect, I ask you, to think about your national stereotype. Mainly the way they speak, and see how much you act like it.
That's just something that's been on my mind,
Now, return to whatever-da-fuck you were doing before.
