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Introductions Please!

I got to thinking that all of us have probably had some unique experiences through our travels or from the places that we have lived over the years. What a wealth of knowledge there is in this group!! So, perhaps we could use this thread to write a brief introduction about ourselves, our areas of expertise. I've listed some questions that we might use as a jumping off point as we all get to know one another better and explore the wonderful world of Independent Travel!!

Oh, and remember to invite your friends here on eons or on other networks to join us!! After all eons is one of the best communities out there and our group is ready to move forward!! We can become the best travel group on the internet!!

1. Where do you live: We might want to visit your area and you are an expert about that area!!

2. Where have you lived in the past: You are the go to person for the inside scoop!!

3. Where have you traveled often, or where have you stayed for awhile? We'll ask you for some advice.

4. What is your favorite mode of travel.. Tell us how to get a bargain.
MarieSatz's profile
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I can do an English, Australian or West Uganda accent but even after all this time I still can't do Scottish or Irish.
MzunguScotland's profile

about 1 month ago
Correction, I can do a posh English accent, not the northern ones and never a Welsh one.
MzunguScotland's profile

about 1 month ago
I am not sure how the Welsh sound. I am part Welsh and have been around Wales but mostly off and on trains. I would love to search my family roots there but no one in the family seems to know what town they came from. I hope the next time I travel to Great Britain I can spend a few days in Wales. I have heard speech in the Welsh language but not the Welsh speaking in English. I know quite a bit about my English and Scottish ancestors.
platform5's profile

about 1 month ago
platform5 - to hear a Welshman speaking English, listen to Richard Burton's rendition of "Under Milk Wood" by Dylan Thomas. Try this 9 minute link view link

Burton's 1972 rendition has never been bettered and I doubt if it ever will be. The clip also includes some other actors male and female) speaking English with a Welsh accent.

PS The fictional town of Llareggub mentioned in the clip reads "bugger all" backwards. Dylan Thomas chose that because there are dozens of towns in Wales which begin with the double "L".
Scotbrit's profile

about 1 month ago
Hahaha, ScotBrit. Now I wonder why the accent is so easy for you! LOL

I have a best friend from Dover and she hasn't lost a bit of accent even though she has spent over 3 decades here in the States. Oh, BTW, for the record. I am an Anglophile. My daughter's and my trip to the UK was getting back to our roots, so to speak. I have English, Scot and Irish in my family and my daughter, from her father, adds Welsh to that so we were in our element.
Snellbelle's profile

about 1 month ago
A little off subject, but I really enjoy watching the BBC series Hamish MacGregor, written by M. C. Beaton. Does the accent of the actors sound Welsh at all, or is it all English actors? (I love the accents, but can't tell them apart. Here in the states, I can usually tell what region people are from, what state, and sometimes the city.)
Louscraps's profile

about 1 month ago
Do you mean Hamish Macbeth? He's Scottish and the actor playing him is from Glasgow.
MzunguScotland's profile

about 1 month ago
Yes, sorry. Don't know where I came up with that name. Thanks for the info.
Louscraps's profile

about 1 month ago
Hamish Macbeth was filmed in the village of Plockton which is near the Isle of Skye. I haven't seen that show in a long time, but the star, Robert Carlyle has gone on to do many good movies.
MzunguScotland's profile

about 1 month ago
Louscraps, I think I know where you got MacGregor- Wasn't that the name of the man whose garden "Peter Rabbit" got into? LOL
platform5's profile

about 1 month ago
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