I guess that's what some of you were thinking when you did read my previous post and watched my vlog.
The reason why I sounded 'okay' in my vlog (atleast some of you think so) is because it was taken from 5 different video shots.
Truth is, there were many silent gaps in between and well...mumblings!
And some people who know me in person said:
It's my accent la = = It changes with the people who I talk to as well as the things that surround me.
This is one of things I never thought I am capable of.
Actually that has always been included in one of the Bruneian list:
4) You know you are a Bruneian if:
You speak Malaysia if you meet Malaysian, speak Indonesia if you meet Indonesian.. and so on. |
I was always marked as a 'non-typical Bruneian' by my friends because I don't/can't do what most Brunei people do.
So changing the accent easily is one of the things I could not do -
= = I actually speak Bru-lish (Brunei English) to my Malaysian friends lol. Mm...........I think I should include this too
You know you are a Bruneian if: You sound very American when you are a fluent English speaker. (even though our school teach British English, we grow up watching American TV programme) |
This doesn't apply to me btw╭(⫪∀⫪;)╮
But half of my friends were thought they came from America when they speak to the people here in uk.
Like I said, I'm not good at catching accents.
But then again
surprise-surprise,
I actually can! (eventhough it takes a longggggg time)
I didn't notice it at all until my friends pointed it out,
especially when I talk to Jeri.
Also, some of my course mates thought I was brought up in Scotland because of the way I speak to them - But that only happened when I spent a few days with them lol.
When I go back to my Bruneian friends, everything switched off,
and even if I tried too, I sounded so fake.
One other thing I realised about me is that - no british/scottish accent can come out when atleast one close friend (usually asian) is with me. Lol, okay why am I even telling you all this, such useless detail
I made the vlog just when I came back from Uni when some bits were still left on.
I'm saying all this to clarify everything,
see how paranoid I am now? :/
But other than that,
I guess I learned something about me that I never knew,
I can now proudly tick myself into one of the Bruneian list :P (the accent changing bit)
But wait, does it still apply since Im a slow-catcher?
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Before I end this post,
I would like to thank Mizarwen for making this beautiful scrap layout that includes a photo of me in it (together with Aznuur and Esma). ;D I LOVE!!
