Life Update
By solxee
@sol_cee (38309)
Philippines
August 17, 2023 8:29pm CST
Hi, peoples! How’s everyone doing? I miss my myLot friends, and I can’t wait to catch up with everybody. As for me, I’m back to work again. And one cool thing we did at our school recently was an Oxford University language program. Our Japanese students had online lessons with Oxford University teachers, and I got to sit in, observe, and give feedback.
One of the professors talked about the many kinds of British accents and even demonstrated some of them in class. It was so fun trying to distinguish a Scouse accent from Northern Welsh, from Lancashire, and many more. I admit I have a harder time understanding British accents than American ones, but the activity was such a hit!
After the class, I couldn’t help trying to speak with a little bit of that breathy British accent myself. Lol. In my dreams. Haha.
Is there anybody here from Great Britain?
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@DaddyEvil (163064)
• United States
18 Aug 23
Hello. I wondered when you'd remember myLot and the people here. 
Speaking with different accents can be fun and entertaining. 
Speaking with different accents can be fun and entertaining. 4 people like this
@DaddyEvil (163064)
• United States
18 Aug 23
@sol_cee Hello! Nope, you haven't missed it yet. I turn 60 in October of this year.
Not much has changed for me. Still waiting to talk to a judge about getting my disability started. (I talk to the judge on October 31st and the judge has a month after that to make a ruling in my case.)
Pretty was hired by the state to assist me with certain things around the house; cooking food, cleaning, washing dishes, shopping and getting my meds on time when my eyes swell shut. She's paid for two hours a day to do those things for me.
How are you and your family doing? Anything new with you?
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@sol_cee (38309)
• Philippines
18 Aug 23
@DaddyEvil you'll be turning 60? Nooo, I thought you're just 50 or something. 
Hope the judge's ruling is in your favor. But what does getting your disability started mean?
Hope the judge's ruling is in your favor. But what does getting your disability started mean?1 person likes this
@much2say (57715)
• Los Angeles, California
4 Sep 23
I completely missed this post!! How have you been? That's great you're working again 
! It's hard to distinguish all the different Brit accents, right? I had a friend explain about one where the H is not pronounced in words - Cockney I think it was.
! It's hard to distinguish all the different Brit accents, right? I had a friend explain about one where the H is not pronounced in words - Cockney I think it was.1 person likes this
@AmbiePam (107709)
• United States
18 Aug 23
I look forward to what those from Great Britain share here since we definitely have them. 
I was watching a documentary style medical show from Great Britain, and they had to put subtitles up. Not for every person, but a few accents were hard to understand. But hey, a different documentary style medical show was done in America, and when they interviewed a guy from deep Georgia, they had to put subtitles up then too.
I was watching a documentary style medical show from Great Britain, and they had to put subtitles up. Not for every person, but a few accents were hard to understand. But hey, a different documentary style medical show was done in America, and when they interviewed a guy from deep Georgia, they had to put subtitles up then too.1 person likes this
I have more trouble with a really thick Boston accent. 
@RebeccasFarm (90883)
• Arvada, Colorado
5 Sep 23
I am not born there, not a native, but lived there for a good 15 yrs. Oxford and London. I well know the dialects.
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@Deepizzaguy (116467)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
18 Aug 23
No I am a native of Panama who lived in the former Canal Zone. It is interesting to pronounce English speaking words with a British accent.
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