Being one of only 4 Americans on base, I am surrounded by a wide range of accents from posh English to mumbled Scottish to Croatian. However, the vast majority are British. I normally emulate accents I hear for fun (many of you have heard my Irish one and I do a damn good southern accent). However, in this situation I feel it would be rude to attempt that, more like a mockery. However, because I pretty much live in a British colony in Costa Rica, my speech is definitely influenced by them. I could hear it well in the other North Americans when I arrived and was appalled when I could hear it in my own speech. Pretty much what happens is that we North Americans loose the monotone and replace it with this weird form of sing song. I wish I had a recording so you could hear what happens, but the intonation changes in our voices and makes everything go up and down. Weird. Also, I now say cheers instead of thank you.
Here are some pictures of some recently seen creatures. The snake is an Eyelash Pit-viper (venomous), the lizard is a Striped Basilisk, a Howler Monkey, a Boat-billed Heron, and can you spot the frog?
Great update and photos Emm! I know you LOVE accents and so do I, and since you can emulate them quite well I'm not surprised you find yourself doing it without thinking. Keep up the photos of wildlife, living vicariously through you in my city life!
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