5 Things I Stopped Doing When I Moved Abroad

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@vanessachulapatrcheevin6615 5 жыл бұрын

I love studying accents and exploring how people's speech patterns change over time. I am from CA and lived for two years in the UK. My speech and word choices were all over the place when I got home. I can still hear the Midwest in your speech!

@AndreaHeckler 5 жыл бұрын

I'm actually glad! It's nice to know I have at least a little nugget of Midwesterner still 😃

@Arthur-2099 5 жыл бұрын

I'm learning English and I'm watching your videos to improve my listening. Thank you so much. Greetings from Peru 😀

@AndreaHeckler 5 жыл бұрын

Hi from Paris! I'm glad you enjoy my videos :D

@thedavidguy01 5 жыл бұрын

A lot of Americans that I know grew up with a very limited diet with many bland foods, which makes the food in many countries quite challenging. Lots of meat and potatoes, hamburgers (hamberders?), hot dogs, macaroni and cheese, etc. If you don't try new foods, you miss out on the offal category that is so good such as tripe, kidneys, liver, pig's heads, not to mention escargot, frog's legs, foie gras, and many kinds of sausages. Traditional French and Italian cooking uses all of the animal and makes it all delicious.

@AndreaHeckler 5 жыл бұрын

I had a varied diet growing up, but living in one place for years just makes it difficult to expand to the full scope of what's available in the world! It makes me wonder how much more I might still be missing out on 😅

@thedavidguy01 5 жыл бұрын

@@AndreaHeckler I've tried chocolate covered ants, but otherwise I'm missing out on most of the insect foods!

@StefanYouCan 5 жыл бұрын

You're right about not buying those little souvenirs. Having changed four cities in the past four years, I even avoid buying books!!

@AndreaHeckler 5 жыл бұрын

Me too! Although I'll admit I've done a tiiiny bit more book shopping here and there over the past few months 🙃

@Bedumbah 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Andrea, that was very interesting! I've never moved abroad, but I changed area (in France), and I also lost most of my regional slang, to the extent of even forgetting words that used to be part of my everyday life! It's always weird when I go back to my parents' and hear these words again. It's like finding old, forgotten memories. Also, I suppressed my regional accent a long time ago (this is a bit sad, to be honest), when I was still a kid, but funnily, when I go back "home", I start picking up the accent I hear there! Speaking of memories, though, I also need to learn how to let go of all of the stuff I keep. Not because I move a lot, but because, as you say, it's better to keep what really means something to ourselves! I have so much junk piled up in boxes... but it's so hard ot let go :( To answer your final question, I would indeed be interested in a video about the 5 things you started doing! I'm curious about what they might be.

@lukeiame 5 жыл бұрын

I definitely agreed with a lot of what you were talking about! I know when I moved to France I thought so much more before buying anything, and never bought more than I knew I could bring home with me. It was interesting as well with dialects - I definitely became more mindful that some of the expressions I was bringing from London weren't being understood by some non-native speakers so I started making sure I was using my more neutral English when around them. After all, that's what I'd want from French speakers when speaking with me

@thedavidguy01 5 жыл бұрын

I worked with non-native speakers of English from all over the world for many years, so I also learned to avoid using slang and expressions. It makes you easier to understand, but it takes some of the fun out of language. Slang and expressions are very interesting and reveal a lot about language and culture.

@SarahNorris 5 жыл бұрын

Interesting video - I can imagine it's very hard to keep a lot of things which aren't completely necessary when moving between places, especially between countries! I'm curious to see what you started doing since you moved abroad! 😊

@hannahsomes389 5 жыл бұрын

I'm also an American living in France. I find I don't buy trinkets as often for the purpose of knowing I'll need to move them, but still do every once in a while when I travel, and I can say I have gotten much better with being intentional about what I buy and getting rid of stuff I don't need. As a vegetarian I can't try all the authentic dishes, but wouldn't really say I'm a picky eater.

@buckybarnes3803 5 жыл бұрын

These days I'm much more open to trying new foods. I figure if someone else is eating them, then maybe they just have to be good. Most of the time I don't like it, but then sometimes there's a pleasant surprise

@vanceyb 5 жыл бұрын

I would be very interested in your 5 things that you started doing. I'm not a fan of peas either, though as a kid I used to devour a bowl of sugar snap peas.

@oliviaglick7032 5 жыл бұрын

I would love to see the flip side of this video! I’m about to move abroad for the first time and I’m so excited and scared so I’m watching a million videos about it 😂

@AndreaHeckler 5 жыл бұрын

That's so exciting! Keep me posted on how the move goes 😃

@KarinLynnBates 5 жыл бұрын

I’m with you. Peas are gross! 😊 Yes, these five things make a lot of sense and are true for me when I’ve lived abroad, too. The keepsakes and tchotchkes one was hard for me, though: I tend to collect a lot of that stuff and it’s hard to change that habit!

@petekachew7406 5 жыл бұрын

I'm happy where I live in California but I can never turn down time to travel. I like peas but they are very sweet and have to limit them in my dishes.

@2Ears1Mouth_ListenToLearn 5 жыл бұрын

"Things I've Started Doing...", is a MUST DO video!

@sorenmpeterson 5 жыл бұрын

I have the same Midwestern "non accent" accent as you. And also like you, my Midwestern vocabulary is a bit messed up (in a good way!) from having lived other places. For example, "y'all" and even "all y'all" flow easily, but you won't hear me say "you guys" when using the second person plural (on the other hand, I am firmly in the "pop" camp and will never refer to those carbonated beverages by that other word). And because of Spanish, I use cinema when going to see a movie because theater/theatre is something completely different.

@bge1234 5 жыл бұрын

I'm an Ohioan living in Arizona, and I say "you guys" way too often. I don't think I've heard a single person use it here other than myself.