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what to do??

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Just wondering, I know I am still shy, but my problem is just starting up a conversation with a girl.  What are some good ways to start up a conversation??

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ven…@banet.net wrote in message <383B4FDA.BC295…@banet.net>… >Just wondering, I know I am still shy, but my problem is just starting >up a conversation with a girl.  What are some good ways to start up a >conversation??

say "Hi"

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There is no universal way to do this…it totally depends on the person, the context in which you two are together…and of course your type of personality. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -<ven…@banet.net> wrote in message news:383B4FDA.BC295AED@banet.net… > Just wondering, I know I am still shy, but my problem is just starting > up a conversation with a girl.  What are some good ways to start up a > conversation??

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_zuikaku (_zuik…@email.msn.com) wrote:

: say "Hi" You say G’Day! If you can sustain the accent, you’ll get a conversation. That’s becuse you get her curious about where you’re from. — Pursuant to US Code, Title 47, Chapter 5, Subchapter II, ‘227, any and all unsolicited commercial E-mail sent to this address is subject to a download and archival fee in the amount of $500 US.  E-mailing denotes acceptance of these terms.

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Bloody Viking wrote in message <81t47e$1n…@gail.ripco.com>… >_zuikaku (_zuik…@email.msn.com) wrote: >: say "Hi" >You say G’Day! If you can sustain the accent, you’ll get a conversation. >That’s becuse you get her curious about where you’re from.

Hi Bloody Viking — Does the accent thing ever get you into trouble once people realize that you don’t really have one?  Or have they all been mostly accepting of it? Just curious… –Xiobahn

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Bloody Viking wrote in message <83cghu$84…@gail.ripco.com>… >Xiobahn (Xiob…@anonymous.NOSPAM.to) wrote: >: Does the accent thing ever get you into trouble once people realize that you >: don’t really have one?  Or have they all been mostly accepting of it? >Good question, and I have an answer. I found that only rarely does it cause >trouble. Instead, at work, it’s a bit of a joke that I’m "Australian". There >are detractors, but others don’t mind at all, and I found it true among real >Aussies too. It’s a novelty to have someone around who can imitate an accent >real good. >  <snip> >So, the answer is that most people are accepting of it, and some play along by >trying to imitate it themselves! (Think of the movie when Crocodile Dundee is >in New York.)

Cool.  Wow, your accent must be pretty good, then. :-) So you’re from Chicago? –Xiobahn.

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Xiobahn (Xiob…@anonymous.NOSPAM.to) wrote:

: Does the accent thing ever get you into trouble once people realize that you : don’t really have one?  Or have they all been mostly accepting of it? Good question, and I have an answer. I found that only rarely does it cause trouble. Instead, at work, it’s a bit of a joke that I’m "Australian". There are detractors, but others don’t mind at all, and I found it true among real Aussies too. It’s a novelty to have someone around who can imitate an accent real good. Indeed, it causes confusion among people as people for some time often figure I’m an Aussie until I get honest about it! I never attempt to lie about where I’m from. Sometimes in bars, people don’t believe it when I tell them I’m a Chicagoan with accent running – until I demonstrate by turning it off! And restart it. It has become my calling card. I’ve had people play jokes on others in bars by one having the other talk to me, just for the shock value. So, the answer is that most people are accepting of it, and some play along by trying to imitate it themselves! (Think of the movie when Crocodile Dundee is in New York.) — Pursuant to US Code, Title 47, Chapter 5, Subchapter II, ‘227, any and all unsolicited commercial E-mail sent to this address is subject to a download and archival fee in the amount of $500 US.  E-mailing denotes acceptance of these terms.

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Xiobahn (Xiob…@anonymous.NOSPAM.to) wrote:

: Cool.  Wow, your accent must be pretty good, then. :-) It is a good one. I’ve had dinkum Aussies compliment me on it after they asked me what part of Oz I’m from. :) This is no small feat for an accent user. If I couldn’t do an accent quite so well, I likely would have abandoned the practice. It is a testament to my determination in my attempts at being social. As of now, I can’t imagine trying to be social without intentional use of an accent, whether the drinking accent, or intentional singing with a British accent in karaoke bars and not using it off-stage. The singing bit requires medication to use. For a drinking accent, the booze serves as the "medication". Note that for use in "conventional" acting, an accent needn’t be quite so good as in the case of acting-in-real-life use. In conventional acting use, an accent only need suggest the type of character, not necessarily fool the listener. The mark of a good accent is when you’re running the accent and you tell someone the truth about where you’re from and they believe the accent instead. I’ve had this happen numerous times, which is why I do the demo of cutting it off for a line and restarting it. I’ve had people ask me WHICH accent is the fake, as both my real one and the fake one sound so real. (it helps that my real accent gets leakage from the accent-of-choice) Small wonder I cause confusion! :) My British and Norwegian impressions are not useful for social operation like Aussie. But they are useful for performing, like British for singing and Norwegian for Minnesota jokes. In an acting class, I can call up my now unused Alabama accent if needed! (I did this for a movie audition once.) With acting, I default to British unless the director sets the needed accent otherwise. If I know enough about a character, I can set the needed accent if I have it in my collection or if I can synthesise it. A problem I find with my Aussie accent if set at too high a power is that about ten percent of Yanks can’t understand an Aussie. This takes quite a high-power accent, so most accent fakers will never find this problem. That’s only becuse they can’t get the power level high enough. Here is a quirk I found in an improv class once. We once had to do an "exercise" wherby we had to speak gibberish. Unable to do this myself, I fired up Spanish with the Aussie accent to garble it. For the class, it worked as the partner didn’t understand Spanish. Good thing the teacher didn’t either! Maybe I should purposely learn a third language for the next time I attempt improv, like Swedish. Swedish with an Aussie accent???? Or maybe I should learn some Turkish for this and set the accent to Norwegian. That’ll make for some good gibberish…. : So you’re from Chicago? Yep, born and raised here. (in Chicago) — Pursuant to US Code, Title 47, Chapter 5, Subchapter II, ‘227, any and all unsolicited commercial E-mail sent to this address is subject to a download and archival fee in the amount of $500 US.  E-mailing denotes acceptance of these terms.

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