>No, Noelene, Helene G. does not have a french accent - well, only ever so >slightly by the way she clips certain words. You would not pick up that she >was French just by listening to her. She is a "fair-dinkum aussie" by now >(Just like me!!!!!!)
>And her slide show at Lace Day was very interesting, too! from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, Thanks, Liz!! Actually, most people cannot quite place where I come from. usually they *know* I'm not English, but they tend to ask whether I come from South Africa? Canada? Ireland? I have noticed, though, that for the last 10 years, the English themselves tend to say "Oh, you live in Australia, don't you?"...I'm not sure whether to take it as a compliment or not...:-) We did fool one, once. We arrived at a B&B in Berkshire (England)about 10 years ago. They had been told that one of us was French and the other one Australian. I came in first, and said "Hi, I'm Helene. Our friends booked a room for us" He shook my hand, then shook DH's and said "You must be the French one, then"!! I was very proud of myself!! Helene, the froggy from Melbourne http://personals.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Personals New people, new possibilities. FREE for a limited time. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
