plimsolls




I'm doing 27 things
 

plimsolls's Life List

  1. 1. Improve my French
    1,365 people
  2. 2. learn Latin
    1,885 people
  3. 3. learn more about Buddhism
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    185 people
  4. 4. meditate more
    590 people
  5. 5. Improve my photography
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    595 people
  6. 6. read Russell's "History of Western Philosophy"
    4 people
  7. 7. learn italian
    5,764 people
  8. 8. do yoga
    1,656 people
  9. 9. experience true love
    47 people
  10. 10. learn shorthand
    532 people
  11. 11. learn Icelandic
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    307 people
  12. 12. read Ulysses
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    299 people
  13. 13. read all of Jung's work
    5 people
  14. 14. read Nietzsche
    46 people
  15. 15. learn the dance to thriller
    167 people
  16. 16. improve my knitting
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    27 people
  17. 17. visit Iceland
    789 people
  18. 18. visit New Zealand
    1,413 people
  19. 19. see the aurora borealis
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    1,771 people
  20. 20. have a lucid dream
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    232 people
  21. 21. visit Norway
    228 people
  22. 22. Learn old English
    60 people
  23. 23. learn finnish
    523 people
  24. 24. learn Manx
    9 people
  25. 25. Learn: Farsi
    317 people
  26. 26. Learn Maltese
    19 people
  27. 27. Learn to speak Vulcan
    12 people

How I did it
How to learn norwegian
It took me
2 years
It made me
feel accomplished!


Recent entries
dance the prince charming
Untitled 22 months ago

Do it. Ridicule is nothing to be scared of!



have a british accent
Actually... 22 months ago

I feel I should point out, as a Brit, that there is no “British accent”. I recommend the Wikipedia page on British English: it gives you an overview of the huge variety of accents and dialects that exist even within small regions, let alone across the rest of the UK!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English

It’s all very well picking and choosing bits of accent and slang that you like best, but the hodgepodge end result can sound extremely bizarre to us natives.

Additionally, as someone with Cockney roots, be very aware that trying to seriously speak like Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins can only end in disaster. We can just about forgive him for failing miserably, but we may not be so kind to you.

Do proper research, be consistent with whichever region’s speech you choose to emulate, and have fun!




 

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