And now it's officially my birthday.
Had a great night out with friends and heading back to zonk out with Fluffball.
Fuck yeah โค๏ธ
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Hippo birdies!! ๐ฆ๐ฃ
Happy birthday mate
Happy birthday!
๐๐๐Happy Birthday to you,
๐๐๐Happy Birthday to you,
๐๐๐Happy birthday to Simon,
๐พ๐พ๐พHappy Birthday to you!
Hip Hip Hooray Hip Hip Hooray!
Thank you โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ
Happy Birthday. ๐
Happy birthday ๐
Happy birthday!!! ๐๐๐
Happy birthday!!!
Happy Birthday! ๐
Happy birthday!! Have a fantastic day - Sounds like youโre already off to a great start! ๐
Happy birfday!
Happy birthday ๐๐๐
Happy birthday!!
Happy b'day!
Happy birthday Father of Gibson! ๐ฅณ
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Jimmy Barnes came to Australia when he was 5 years old and still has a Scottish accent. My husband came here when he was 12 with very little English yet when I met him at 19 not a hint of anything other than an Aussie accent. Not even that weird lebo one that some have adopted even though they've lived here their whole lives.
I don't understand why some people keep (involuntary) their accent and some don't.
Scots accent I reckon is particularly durable. Back in the 70s, one of my lecturers at uni had been born in Mildura and lived here all his life, and still had a very thick Scots accent in his 50s. He did grow up in an enclave of only Scots immigrants that came here for religious reasons and all were very close socially. Eric Bogle (another singer/songwriter) came here as a young adult and kept his accent all his life despite a long performing career. I guess that this accent is not socially shamed or corrected might explain its persistence. Also the Scots were immigrants to Australia from very early on so they didn't get so much of the 'They're coming to take our jobs" prejudice.
Magda Szubanski was born overseas. Her mother was Scottish but yet she has an Aussie accent.
It might be that your hubby learned English from people with an Aussie accent, so he picked that up, while Jimmy already spoke English so he didnโt have to learn anything new
All his friends were immigrants themselves so I don't think that's where he got his accent from. Although he did go to an English learning centre for a year.
I do agree with the Jimmy part.
"that weird Lebo one" lol, I heard it as I read that sentence and I hear it all the time. I seem to recall that around the time of the whole Wogs Out Of Work/Wogboy phenomenon there were a lot of young people I knew of varying Mediterranean backgrounds who did the same thing.
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Beep Beep ๐
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๐ฅ๐ฅฌ๐ฅ๐ฝ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ง
๐ฅฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฅจ๐ง๐ง๐ฅ๐ง๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅฉ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ฆช๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ชผ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฅฎ๐ข๐ก๐ง๐ฐ๐ง๐ฅง๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ฅโ๏ธ๐ต๐บ๐ถ๐ฅค๐ง๐ง๐ฅ๐ท๐ฅ๐ธ๐น๐ง๐
Birthday cake for Simon please
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Simon says thank you โค๏ธ
All the breakfast please chef. I'm hungry.
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Thanks chef.
Feeling pretty ok aside for coughing up solid things. Still faintest double line on test, in I guess it's WFH tomorrow. Almost have enough brain to deal with this terrible hybrid Moon Sharks film boyo has found...
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Ooh metro tunnel opens 30 nov! I got a sneak peek ticket last month for State Library station, itโs huge and really well designed. Felt like I was in another city. Keen to check out the other new stations.
Last minute organising for the Young Seagoons coming here.
I'm nervous and excited. ๐๐ฅน
having trouble getting off butt
Marge! And it's pissing down. So much for my gardening plans for today.
I am cheering on regular rain until my baby grasses grow.
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Sleep โ ๏ธ
Groceries ordered โ ๏ธ
Term deposit at new bank applied for โ ๏ธ
Coffee drunk โ ๏ธ
Dog walk: to be completed soon
Donโt wanna do houseworkโฆ slowly getting internet poisoningโฆ but donโt want to go outside.
Sigh
I want to never check the weather again and embrace the uncertainty, I think to myself, as there's thunder, lightning and rain.
Just finished with the kids' birthday party. They had kids toys in the room I didn't even know about so they had a great time immediately.
I think the parents enjoyed it too because we didn't have a strict plan and it was just an excuse to hang out at this park with a massive play equipment in the morning.
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Somebody is having a very poor bbq! I shall therefore get out me Irish Barstard, and maybe some German Kunt also
Wevver about to turn nasty. Buckle up folks, and hang on to your horses doovers.
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