Ramblings of a Brit girl living in Sydney

Everyday musings on life in the Motherland vs. life in Oz

Friday, September 25, 2009

iSnack 2.0, the new Vegemite

I've blogged on Marmite v. Vegemite before but I couldn't leave this unmentioned. It is too good!

Vegemite (the somewhat similar but totally inferior Aussie version of Marmite) came up with a new recipe, mixing cheese spread and Vegemite (I know, gross!) and ran a competition to name it. And the winning name was iSnack 2.0.

How ridiculous is that?! Further proof: Marmite is better than Vegemite.

Monday, September 7, 2009

I'm becoming Australianised...

G'day,
I haven't posted many musings lately on Oz versus UK life and I wonder if that's because I'm becoming more and more Australian? On Saturday night, I met a friend of a friend for the first time. We'd both heard of each other through the mutual friend, but when I went and introduced myself to him, he replied: "You can't be Jen! If you're Jen, how come you haven't got a Pommy accent?"
I'm also getting a bit tired of the friends in the UK who demand that I "stop talking in that Australian accent, you sound like you're off Neighbours" when I have a phonecall home. Seriously, I haven't completely lost my grasp of the Queen's English but my voice is slipping deeper and deeper into an English/Aussie hybrid. Funny thing is I'm worryingly proud to sound a bit Aussie. Don't tell anyone.
My dad's gonna be heaps pleased, no worries.