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Trying to speak in a British accent is not really easy. Along with the accent are mannerisms that go along with the British themselves. There are hundreds of different accents within Britain, so categorizing it as a ‘British’ accent is rather incorrect; wherever you go you will find an unbelievable variety of different pronunciations. The following directions describe ‘Queen’s English’, rarely ever used in modern day Britain, but the foreigners stereotypical view of how the British talk.

Steps

1. Understand that all British accents (barring those from the West Country, Liverpool and parts of Scotland) lack a rhotic r; i.e. don’t roll your “r”s and that not all British Accents are the same; a Scottish accent varies greatly from an English accent, but are both British.

2. Know that some British accents may be that the ‘T’s are not pronounced and that the u in stupid and duty is pronounced with the y sound, not oo as in an American accent; thus it is pronounced stewpid, not stoopid, etc. The standard English accent, the a (for example in father) is pronounced aah, not like a like apple.

3. Pronounce that T as T, and not an American D. (Duty is pronounced Dyuty or condensed slightly to Jooty; not doody).

4. Pronounce the suffix -ing with the g, so it sounds like -ing rather than -een. But sometimes it is shortened to in as in lookin.
* Applying the two steps above, the words human being are pronounced h-yuman being rather than yooman been.

5. Sometimes ‘T’s aren’t pronounced at all, especially in words with two ‘T’s grouped together (this is known as the glottal stop, and is common in American English pronunciation).

6. Sometimes the ‘H’ is not pronounced, in some accents.

7. Realise that some words require the ee sound to be pronounced as ee, such as in the word been. In an American accent, this is often pronounced bin. In an English Accent, this may be pronounced been, a homophone of bean; or just as “bin”, depending on where you go.

8. Stop using all of your American slang and replace it with British slang. Understand British Terms.

Tips

* As with any accent, listening to and imitating a native speaker is the most important and fastest way to learn. Remember that when you were young you learned a language by listening and then repeating the words while imitating the accent.

* Take a trip to Great Britain and really listen to how they speak.

* As a child, your ability for the ear to process different frequencies of sound is greater, enabling you to distinguish and reproduce the sounds of the languages that surround you. To effectively learn a new accent, you must expand the ability of your ear by listening over and over to examples of the accent.

* If you’re visiting England, Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire are brilliant places to pick up this kind of accent.

* Try to get a British phone-buddy!

* It is easier to learn accents by listening to people. A formal british accent can be heard on BBC news. You need to pronounce everything clearly and articulate every word properly, making sure there are spaces between your words.

* As you expand the ability of the ear, speaking becomes an automatism. When the ear can ‘hear’ a sound, the mouth has a better chance of producing it.

* There are a wide range of British accents. For every day use or for business, try learning a “received pronunciation” (RP) accent such as that commonly used by BBC newscasters.

* Think about your audience. If you wish to genuinely fool people into thinking you’re British, you want to think about regions, and work much harder than if you want to get a general picture across for a school play.

* Try imagining a plum in your mouth. While pronouncing your vowels, try to keep your tongue as low in the mouth as possible while keeping the roof high. Talk as normal as possible (not foolishly). The placement of the tongue, combined with the extra resonance, should make a good start to “faking” a British accent.

* As well as accent, watch out for slang words, such as ‘lads’ or ‘blokes’ for boys/men, ‘birds’ or ‘lasses’(in the north of England and in Scotland) for women. ‘Loo’ for the toilet, but ‘bathroom’ for a room you clean yourself in.

* Also, don’t talk nasally, thus don’t use your adenoids to speak.

* Remember: The accents of Julie Andrews or Emma Watson (Hermione from ‘Harry Potter’) are quite different from those of Jamie Oliver and Simon Cowell (Sussex) or Billy Connolly (Scottish).

* Many places have different mannerisms and word usages. Look up a British dictionary online for more British terms.

* Another way to practice an English, Welsh, Scottish or Irish accent would be to watch and follow a specific news spokesman on any British news channel and repeat their speech (half an hour a day would probably take 2 weeks to become an expert).

* You may have heard a Cockney accent (east end of London). This accent is increasingly more unusual in the 21st century but if you were try to imitate one, notice that they almost sing words and they almost replace vowels and remove letters, e.g. the a in “change”, would be an “i” sound. Films based on books by Dickens as well as ones such as “My Fair Lady” may have examples of this accent.

* With some very strong regional accents, there is a tendency to replace ‘th’ with a ‘ff’ – “through” may sound like “froo”.

* Try repeating people who have British accents.

Warnings

Don’t narrow your mouth too much when you say words like ’shark’ or ‘chance’. The resulting sound may make you sound like a South African. Don’t think that you’ll get it right quickly either, it is likely that any true British person will know that you’re faking it straight away, but it might pass for a real accent to non-’Brits’.

Taken from wikihow

Jakarta is just awesome. The entertainment is always really good. Jakarta also has greater population than any other city in Southeast Asia. Jakarta is one of most attractive shopping places in Southeast Asia apart from Singapore. There are also many shopping malls with the big area (more than 100,000 metres square), including Grand Indonesia, Plaza Indonesia, Senayan City, Plaza Senayan, Pondok Indah Mall, Mal Taman Anggrek, Mal Kelapa Gading, Mal Artha Gading, Mall of Indonesia, Pacific Place, Blok M Plaza, and many more. Beside traditional market likes Blok M, Tanah Abang, Senen, Glodok, Mangga Dua, Cempaka Mas, and Jatinegara. As a shopping city, every June-July Jakarta conducts annual Jakarta Great Sale. It takes place in the malls and department stores across the city with many offering special discounts and deals.

Jakarta is also famous for its nightlife, with a very cosmopolitan atmosphere in the city’s southern clubs (Blowfish, Dragonfly, Red Square) and more local clubs in the north (Stadium, Millenium, Golden Crown). One of the most populous cities in the world, Jakarta is strained by transportation problem, There is no Jakarta without traffic jam at all. More than a hundred new cars appear in Jakarta’s streets each day. Do you think it cannot affect the traffic?  I suggest, you must be patient when driving in Jakarta haha xD

Did you know Omegle ? Omegle is a website used to communicate with random anonymous people across the internet via chat, Omegle is a chatting site that can bring you with the people around the world. Uniquely, this site doesn’t require registration. So, you can just chat and you don’t know who the people you are talking to. Actually, I have often visited this site. Umm I was bored yesterday, so I tried this site. I met with a strange people but he/she helped me to do my math assignment. What a good guy. But he/she didn’t tell me ASL (age, sex, location) I don’t know why. This person is very talkative, and gives me the lecture. LOL !!!

You: hey
Stranger: The human civilization in this age really amazes me.
Stranger: Hello.
You: how are you
You: what do you mean of your statement?
Stranger: I’m fine.
Stranger: Well, it means what it means, literally
Stranger: I mean, there’s no need to read between the lines or anything
You: hehe lol alright
Stranger: Yeah precisely
Stranger: Don’t you agree?
You: i agree with you lol
Stranger: Thank you.
Stranger: Now, if only you would support your stand with something substantial.
Stranger: That would truly make it more believable
You: umm cool, well I don’t give a shit of those statements lol
You: whats your name
Stranger: yeah. I’m sure that’s substantial.
Stranger: That’s exactly what I meant
Stranger: Why do you even care about the latter’s name?
Stranger: It’s not like if I’m Bob you’ll disconnect me
You: nothing just asking
Stranger: or if I’m Dylan you’d be my friend.
You: haha
Stranger: So then, I ask you, what is the point of asking?
You: don’t  you think almost peoples on omegle are men ?
Stranger: I hardly understood that.
You: i dont know, just asking. nothing much, nothing less
You: okay. wanna gossip ?
Stranger: Gossip?
Stranger: Well I guess that would entirely depend on the subject itself.
Stranger: What’s there to gossip? It’s not like we share a social circle or anything
You: just trying to make conversation
Stranger: I mean you could go on and on about your friend
Stranger: and I’ll be like wuttt…?
Stranger: yeah, I appreciate that effort
You: hahah you are so funnyyyy
Stranger: But to be honest, I find it pretty pointless.
Stranger: Yeah I’m funny alright.
You: i never met the people like you before
Stranger: Well, that only makes me more special.
You: people just asked about m/f
Stranger: And I guess I thank you for your compliment.
Stranger: The whole warped ASL thing is pretty stupid too.
You: i do agree with you
Stranger: I mean like are you really going to disconnect someone just because he/she is from a country you never heard of?
Stranger: That’s just insane.
You: yeah i know, or people just thinking about sex
You: or something else
Stranger: Are you going to stereotype the entire country and the people there just because one person gave you that impression?
Stranger: And that whole thing about sex.
Stranger: I don’t even know where to start
You: haha.. i guess you are too often visit this site
Stranger: It’s only a fusion of gametes leading to a creation of a cell with a diploid number of chromosomes
You: honestly, i never bin this site b4
Stranger: that’s all. what’s so Fascinating and sparkly about it?
Stranger: So this is your first?
You: yep
You: =)
Stranger: Then I have the responsibility to warn you.
You: whats that
Stranger: well nevermind.
Stranger: Through experience you’ll find out soon enough anyway.
Stranger: Not all people are like me, for one.
Stranger: Well, I’m probably the only person that would converse in such a fashion.
You: i hate people when they asked me where i from or my gender, then i answerd..disconect
Stranger: And you meet a large amount of meatheads who discriminate you just because of your gender and your place of origin.
You: lol
Stranger: That’s why I start giving long lectures (like this) when these questions are asked.
Stranger: and I have to say
Stranger: I’m rather surprised that you haven’t disconnect me out of boredom
Stranger: or point at me and jeer at me being all nerdy.
You: alright, anyway im doing my HW. will you do me a favor if i ask u
Stranger: That would depend entirely on my ability to fulfill it.
Stranger: But anyway, ask away.
You: umm what about maths
Stranger: I’m fine with math.
Stranger: hopefully.
You: i think you are a person of mature
Stranger: Matured, I simply am not.
Stranger: Ok be quick with it.
Stranger: I’ll do what I can.
You: ok here the question Past experience indicates that egg production in UK is growing linearly. In 1980 it was 70,000 cases, and in 1990 it was 820,000 cases. Write a formula for the number N of cases produced n years after 1980 and use it to predict egg production in the year 2005.
Stranger: (seriously? you come here just to ask people for homework help? astonishing)
You: hahaha
Stranger: number patterns
You: i was bored
Stranger: let me grab a pen and paper
You: i tried but i cant
You: so i tried this site
Stranger: growing linearly. that’s a start
Stranger: at least you don’t have to think all quadratically
Stranger: okay
Stranger: if it grows linearly
You: thank you
Stranger: there should be a proportionate increase each year
You: whats your major anyway
Stranger: So, in 10 years
Stranger: n = 10 , the increase is 750 000
Stranger: n = 1, increase is 75 000
Stranger: N = 70000 + 75000n
Stranger: so 2005 – 1980 to get n.
Stranger: then evaluate.
Stranger: I have no major, really.
Stranger: Just a high school student.
You: 25
Stranger: so in 2005
Stranger: N = 70000 + (25)(75000)
You: ummm let me try
Stranger: what about you?
You: 1945000
Stranger: Why did you think I’d have a major?
You: just finished high school. im university student, first year
Stranger: wow
Stranger: is that… university math?
You: yeah, my major is engineering
Stranger: seriously?
Stranger: I can’t believe I just solved it.
You: hahaha
Stranger: I’m like… 16
You: how clever you are
Stranger: Thank you.
You: you said you are 18
Stranger: Though you’d be glad to know, I screwed up my Math test today.
You: im 18 years old
Stranger: No I didn’t say anything about my age.
You: really? whats the result of your test
Stranger: Haven’t got it back yet
Stranger: But it’s pretty damn well screwed
You: umm in scale 1-10?
Stranger: 10 being the most screwed?
Stranger: I’d say 8.
You: pretty good
Stranger: yeah. sit there and laugh at my sorry plight.
Stranger: Okay, I’ll take my leave now.
You: do you have plan to continue your study to univ
You: okay
Stranger: probably.
You: do you have msn
Stranger: There’s no place for me to go anyway.
You: or yahoo
Stranger: Um sure
Stranger: I’ll add you.
You: yahoo or msn, umm which one
Stranger: on msn yeah.
Stranger: But please do not bombard me with Math
Stranger: I’m not always so lucky.
You: ********@******.com
You: haha you are clever, I won’t bombard you with maths
Stranger: done.
Stranger: No really
Stranger: the trick lies in the word “linearly”
You: the most clever person i could ever met in omegle lol
Stranger: It’s a small word… but conveys alot.
Stranger: Yeah and you’d probably be thinking
Stranger: a person as intellectual as I shouldn’t even be wasting my youth here.
You: yeah i dont why, i forgot my highschool’s math
Stranger: kinda sucks.
You: yup, you are right
You: umm online on msn /
Stranger: Like you forgot everything to do with trigonometry and geometrical proofs?
Stranger: me? yeah.
Stranger: thinkJAZZ.
Stranger: okay. I should go.
You: not really, i just focus on physics
You: okay
Stranger: I like physics
You: nice talking to you
Stranger: but i probably screwed that up too.
You: wowww
Stranger: Okay. So long.
Your conversational partner has disconnected.

To fill my holiday, I went to my friend’s house yesterday. Finally, we could meet again with my friends during my high school, and we talked about our new life in campus. Yes, it was very pleasant full of laughter and jokes. But there is something that makes me uncomfortable. When we were laughing merrily, I suddenly had the urge to urinate, and I ask permission to my friend to use the toilet. When I was pee suddenly I felt a pain in my urethra, it seems are like want to pee again but not out of urine. Well it was not bad, even when I get home I still feel it. My mother suggested to drink even more. I followed my mother’s advice, after that I fell asleep. When the morning, I could urinate smoothly Alhamdulillah. Umm is it because I am too often hold urine? Or because of my lack of drinking water? After browsing Google, I found this article. I can conclude that it was an infection. Here the article. Hope it helps !!!

Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)
A urinary tract infection(UTI) is a bacterial infection that affects any part of the urinary tract. Although urinecontains a variety of fluids, salts, and waste products, it usually does not have bacteria in it. When bacteria get into the bladder or kidneyand multiply in the urine, they cause a UTI. The most common type of UTI is a bladder infection which is also often called cystitis. Another kind of UTI is a kidney infection, known as pyelonephritis, and is much more serious. Although they cause discomfort, urinary tract infections can usually be quickly and easily treated with a short course of antibiotics.

For bladder infections
Frequent urination along with the feeling of having to urinate even though there may be very little urine to pass.
Nocturia: Need to urinate during the night.
Urethritis: Discomfort, irritation or pain at the urethral meatus or a burning sensation throughout the urethra with urination (dysuria).
Pain in the midline suprapubic region.
Pyuria: Pus in the urine or discharge from the urethra.
Hematuria: Blood in urine (not always seen to the naked eye, but often revealed during urine tests).
Pyrexia: Mild fever
Cloudy and foul-smelling urine
Increased confusion and associated falls are common presentations to Emergency Departments for elderly patients with UTI.

Some urinary tract infections are asymptomatic.
For kidney infection
All of the above symptoms.
Emesis: Vomiting is common.
Back, side (flank) or groin pain.
Abdominal pain or pressure.
Shaking chills and high spiking fever.
Night sweats.
Extreme fatigue.
Diagnosis
A patient with dysuria(painful voiding) and urinary frequency generally has a spot mid-stream urine sample sent for urinalysis, specifically the presence of nitrites, leukocytes or leukocyte esterase. If there is a high bacterial load without the presence of leukocytes, it is most likely due to contamination. The diagnosis of UTI is confirmed by a urine culture.
If the urine culture is negative:
symptoms of urethritis may point at Chlamydia trachomatis or Neisseria gonorrheae infection.
symptoms of cystitis may point at interstitial cystitis.
in men, prostatitis may present with dysuria.
A negative urine test can also suggest the presence of unusual bacteria or viruses causing symptoms of UTI.

In severe infection, characterized by fever, rigors or flank pain, ureaand creatininemeasurements may be performed to assess whether renal function has been affected.
Most cases of lower urinary tract infections in females are benign and do not need exhaustive laboratory work-ups. However, UTI in young infants must receive some imaging study, typically a retrograde urethrogram, to ascertain the presence/absence of congenital urinary tract anomalies. Males too must be investigated further. Specific methods of investigation include x-ray, Nuclear Medicine, MRI and CAT scan technology.
Treatment
Uncomplicated UTIs
Most uncomplicated UTIs can be treated with oral antibiotics such as trimethoprim, cephalosporins, nitrofurantoin, or a fluoroquinolone (e.g., ciprofloxacin or levofloxacin). Trimethoprim is one widely used antibiotic for UTIs and is usually taken for seven days. It is often recommended that trimethoprim be taken at night to ensure maximal urinary concentrations to increase its effectiveness. Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole was previously internationally used (and continues to be used in the U.S. and Canada); the addition of the sulfonamidegave little additional benefit compared to the trimethoprim component alone. However it is responsible for a high incidence of mild allergic reactions and rare but serious complications.
Prevention
The following are measures that studies suggest may reduce the incidence of urinary tract infections. These may be appropriate for people, especially women, with recurrent infections:
Do not delay urination when it is necessary.
Cleaning the urethral meatus(the opening of the urethra).
Studies have shown that breastfeeding can reduce the risk of UTIs in infants.

Semuanya berawal ketika libur menjelang Idul Fitri ini. FYI, sebenarnya gue baru dapet libur H-3 lebaran, tepatnya tanggal 17 September. Walaupun ada banyak univ yg libur 1 minggu sebelum lebaran. Nah berhubung gue udah males di kampus, jadi hari rabu tanggal 16 selesai mata kuliah English langsung aja deh gue cabut menuju Jakarta. Ahh who care, walaupun hari kamisnya masih ada kuliah, lagian temen-temen gue juga udah ada yang udah pulang hari itu juga, apalagi yang asalnya dari luar pulau Jawa juga udah cabut duluan. So bisa lo bayangkan, betapa sepinya kampus gue hari kamis pagi itu. Nyampe rumah 10 menit sebelum buka puasa, pas magrib langsung disuguhi dengan segelas es blewah dengan timun suri dan sirup m*r***. Ahh seger gilaaaa!!!

Sesuai message di facebook dari temen-temen sekolah gue, rabu 16 september pada ambil BTS di sekolah sekalian kumpul-kumpul. Kangen gue ma nih skolah, tempat asik dengan guru, fasilitas, prestasi, dan teman-teman yang oke, gue bisa ketemu mereka lagi dengan beragam kisah di kampus masing-masing, ketawa ketawa hahaha. Cerita cerita sama mereka, eh ternyata yang rambutnya di botakin gak Cuma gue doang, temen gue yg kul di Trisakti, IPB, Telkom juga di botakin, kalo di UI, Binus, ITB dan beberapa kampus lainnya kaga dibotakin tapi tetep aja dengan segudang tugas ospek yang sama yang waktu itu mereka jalani. Selesai ambil BTS, tanpa ada persiapan anak anak ngerencanaain untuk buber hari itu juga, akhirnya dengan spontanitas kita memutuskan untuk buber di Obonk Petukangan. Lumayan seru juga sih, walaupun gue sungguh sangat gak kenyang Cuma makan Beef Crispy dan sebotol te* b*t*l. tapi gak apa apa lah ! yg penting kebersamaannya heeyaaaaa.

Besoknya, hari kamis tanggal 17 giliran temen-temen spesial gue yang paling gokil ngadain buber, nah kita ber-12 (walaupun gak semuanya dateng) setelah dengan perundingan yang panjang. Awalnya, salah satu temen gue mengusulkan untuk buber di salah satu resto di Semanggi, akhirnya gak jadi, ada lagi yang mengusulkan di PIM, dan gak jadi juga, dengan dalih males kalo buber di mall, gitu gitu doang hahah. Akhirnya kita memutuskan untuk pesan makanan di A&W Bintaro dan tempatnya di tetapkan di rumah teman gue, yg notaben paling deket dari resto itu. Buber dengan mereka asik gilaaa!! Ketawa ketawa sampe perut lo sakit hahha. Dengan kegilaan kegilaan mereka yang gak ada matinya. Tapi sayang sekali gue gak bisa ikut acara itu sampe selesai, di tengah acara bokap telpon suruh pulang katanya ada keperluan penting. Cabut deh gue, kaga ikut foto foto sesi 2, belon kelar makannya. Belon puas ketawa ketawanya. Nyampe rumah, ternyata banyak sodara sodara jauh gue. Oh paham gue, bokap mewajibkan anak-anaknya untuk kumpul bareng bersama keluarga besar. Oh ya sepupu gue yang anak Fisika nawarin gue buat nyelesain PR kul gw, yaah lumayan lahh mengurangi tugas gue hahah !!!
Oh ya ada beberapa kata yang gue sensor, katanya sih dilarang menyebutkan merk haha!!