Melbourne In Pictures & A Few Words

Just a short one - 5 days in Melbourne, an 80 minute plane trip south from Sydney.... Caught up with some friends, but mostly went to see galleries, museums... & a whiskey distillery!!

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Return Of The Son Of The Friday Five

Via Spikesgirl58

1. Can you impersonate anyone famous?
I like to think I can, but only in the course of conversations - it's not a party performance piece

2. Can you do any accents other than your own?
We Australians have the knack of being able to imitate a variety of accents convincingly - as evidenced by our actors, who have been playing British or American parts for decades. I can & do drop into accents from other countries quite readily, though they're other white/anglo ones... even though I have an Asian partner, it's not really the done thing for a white guy to imitate anyone from there... & the only African accent I do is the Southern one

3. Do you have a strong local accent?
I don't think so, no. I don't think I even have what's known as the typical Australian accent either (though I can imitate it at will...). Most of my life, I've been mistaken for English - probably the result of watching so many British TV shows when I was growing up

4. What's your favorite accent?
That's a tie between Welsh & Irish... though the Irish can get a little hard to understand when they're either excited or drunk... or both

5. If your family hated your current partner, would you ditch him/her or carry on with him/her despite the protests?
Wow, this has taken a sudden turn!! I would carry on despite the protests. This isn't the Victorian era, when appearances, social mores & 'loyalty' to one's family were more important than the affairs of your heart. 'Those who mind, don't matter & those who matter, don't mind'