'Ere Me Luver!

(I found my favourite pic of me ma. I still have this bikini. It has, however, never fitted me!)

I'm mortified.

Last night my mum told me that I had developed 'an aussie twang'! I can't possibly have changed my accent already. I've only been here for ten months and in my head I still sound as devonshire as pasties and clotted cream.

I simply cannot 'do a hollywood superstar' and morph into a true blue ocker, I mean how pathetic is that? Madonna, Catherine Zeta Jones and Charlize Theron have all developed foreign accents and they sound stupid for it. I used to giggle when people in Aberdeen assumed I was from Australia. I know I was living with an aussie but I think because my accent is elongated it must have sounded similar to the ears of the Scots.

The pharmicist on my ward in Aberdeen was convinced. He used to say 'where are you from, Australia? I'd reply no and he'd ask 'New Zealand then?'. Still no and he would walk away muttering 'ah, South Africa, I thought so'!

Over here I get the scottish connection a lot more. Half of the people I work with still refer to me as the scottish nurse!? I do say 'aye' and 'a wee bit' occasionally but Shazza will vouch for the fact that if I try and put on a scots accent, I sound like Mrs Doubtfire, and she was from England according to the film anyway!

So I guess I'm just going to have to practise a lot harder to keep my janner-esque tones for fear that I'll turn into Janelle from Neighbours!