An accent is the way people in a certain area pronounce words and a dialect refers to the specific words that are characteristic of a particular group of people. Despite the fact that I can't understand the Geordie accent, it is my favourite British accent.
The first 4 minutes of this Youtube video are all British accents. I stopped counting how many he impersonates. However, there are a lot! He also uses some very bad language which my mother wouldn't approve of so please take care not to repeat anything he says! In addition, I'm not too keen on his Yorkshire accent; it isn't like mine, is it?
Finally, what is he saying in the Cork accent? OMG, your guess is as good as mine!! So, which accents are the hardest and easiest to understand?
To win a 4 day City Break to a European destination of your choice, please write about the strangest hobby you have ever heard of. Keep it short; no more than 150 words please.
However, if you need more ideas, why not check out the hobby and interests section?
Most people believe that the hobbies you take up and keep up are a reflection of your personality. In addition, it is also said that your hobbies give an indication of your specific skills and abilities.
What types of personalities and which skills and abilities do you think match the aforementioned hobbies?
What do your hobbies say about your personality?
Finally, in my free time I am nuts about watching sport, doing adventure activities, disco dancing, opening bottles of wine and playing pool. So, do you think I'm a well-balanced person or do I need a therapist or maybe a witch doctor?
There is nothing better than spending a little time doing things that make you feel over the moon.
Listen to popular British presenter, Zoe Salmon, talk about how incredibly beneficial hobbies are. She explains how hobbies can be a fantastic way to unwind and how they can even boost your creativity. However, please take some of what she says with a pinch of salt as she does suggest that baking is therapeutic and obviously that's just nonsense!
My mother was very keen on exposing me and my siblings to lots of different hobbies and experiences. Unfortunately, her idea of having fun, for example: boiled egg painting, playing the violin, stamp collecting and learning Scottish dancing (by the way, you can tell from this photo that not only did I feel like a complete moron but I obviously didn't know what the hell I was doing) was not the same as mine. Indeed, none of my mother's ideas were close to my top two million favourite pastimes.
Yep, we are like chalk and cheese.
So, after years of doing what she wanted me to do I decided to put my foot down and I begged her to allow me to take up disco dancing. She said that despite the fact that disco dancing was vulgar she would allow me to do it if I paid for the classes. So, first I learnt how to make jewellery and then I sold it and then I started my life-long love affair with disco.
So, what 3 hobbies did you do when you were a kid and what 3 hobbies do you do now if you have time? Write your list and post it quick.