Projects and Pronunciations

Random Fact: "Cockney rhyming slang is rarely used in Northern England. The last word of the phrase is usually the main rhyme of the word the person is trying to say."

I've been working really hard on my comparison of "Friends" to "Two Pints of Lager". I've been going back through episodes of both shows and I hope that I'm able to pronounce some of the places correctly. I am a lot better at pronouncing place names, but sometimes I will say "Ed-in-burg" instead of "Ed-in-burough" or "York-shire" instead of "York-shur" b/c it annoys one of my friends. We like to joke around with one another and we amaze each other sometimes when we say words that are pronounced very differently. She will say "garage" like "carriage" (but with a "g" instead of a "c") and I'll pronounce it "guh-ra-ge". I really need to learn how to speak in phonetics.

Today, we did a practice run for our television news programme and b/c of the awkwardness of the shooting we've made the interviewee into the presenter and the interviewer b/c he wanted to be the presenter (and it didn't look right if he were being interviewed as well). Therefore, I am now the interviewee, but the theme is music and the interviewer is going to do a comparison between British concerts and American concerts. I'm suppose to be the American correspondent.

I don't have to worry too much about the papers b/c all of my professors say: it does not matter if you use American/British spelling/grammar as long as you are consistent. I'm going to try my hand at writing in Harvard Style. It'll be time consuming, but I've had to teach myself how to write in APA and Chicago, so I'll be fine.

Although, I will admit that I'm going to miss this Uni when I have to go. I'm going to miss the awesome classes, the great people, and the relaxed atmosphere. However, if there's one thing that I will not miss, it is the Geordie accent. It's not the words they use as much as the high-pitch voice that a lot of the Geordie use. I do enjoy the British, Irish, and Scottish accents I have heard so far and as a Communication major I find it very interesting how one language can have so many different dialects and different pronunciations.