http://childhoodspeech.com Parenting A Multilingual Kid In A Multicultural Society Sun, 13 May 2012 18:29:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://childhoodspeech.com/2008/11/my-aussie-blog/ http://childhoodspeech.com/2008/11/my-aussie-blog/#comments Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:00:58 +0000 Hanifa K. Cook http://childhoodspeech.com/?p=394

When I first visited Australia, I was pleasantly surprised and amused at how different English sounds. All along, we are taught to pronounce our English like it is the only way it is suppose to be. Australian accent is so different I could hardly understand a word especially when they speak so fast. I have [...]]]> http://childhoodspeech.com/2008/11/my-aussie-blog/feed/ 0 http://childhoodspeech.com/2008/11/australian-accent-ned-kelly/ http://childhoodspeech.com/2008/11/australian-accent-ned-kelly/#comments Mon, 03 Nov 2008 02:32:24 +0000 Hanifa K. Cook http://childhoodspeech.com/?p=169

It is Mondye. There I go again, playing with the Australian English accent as I type. The local school environment has influenced and changed the way my daughter speaks English. It is more than jus the accent; it is complete annihilation and total destruction. I would have ignored and perhaps accept the adverse influence on [...]]]> http://childhoodspeech.com/2008/11/australian-accent-ned-kelly/feed/ 1