One more philosophical down to earth, no nonsense testimony about Guzzi..

[p6x]

I really enjoyed that guy's narrative... South Africa, Military. He must have played Rugby at some point, and he can say Moto Guzzi properly!!!

 

[audiomick]

Nice film.

 

For those interested, I reckon the footage was taken somewhere around Sydney. The number plates are New South Wales, and the bush is definitely coastal, and not too far south.

[Lucky Phil]

31 minutes ago, audiomick said:

Nice film.

 

For those interested, I reckon the footage was taken somewhere around Sydney. The number plates are New South Wales, and the bush is definitely coastal, and not too far south.

He lives somewhere in the Sutherland shire I reccon Mick, maybe Como. I "think" I recognised Sutherland shopping strip and the Princes Hwy near Engadine both not far from where I used to live in Sydney.

Phil

[p6x]

15 hours ago, audiomick said:

Nice film.

 

For those interested, I reckon the footage was taken somewhere around Sydney. The number plates are New South Wales, and the bush is definitely coastal, and not too far south.

Before I realized the guy was in Australia, I did pick the hint of a South African accent. In fact, he does not have the very identifiable Australian accent.

Do you speak German with an Australian accent? do the people that don't know you tell you that you don't sound German?

Edited February 4 by p6x

[pete roper]

Very underrated the V9. At one stage they got within a bee’s @#$$#! of building a ‘Budget’ V85 with the V9 powerplant and MUIG 3 controller and to be honest I think I would have preferred it to the V85. I think they were going to call it something uninspiring like the V85-X? They even did promotional videos but then it just vanished. (Shrug?)

[pete roper]

This board has some weird censorship. Since when was d-i-c-k a word so gratuitously obscene it needs to be tipexed!?

[PJPR01]

He gets it...the V9 is a sleeper...I test rode one for a few miles at the Guzzi National Rally in John Day back in 2016...for a lightweight, around town bike, it would do nicely.  I don't think a lot of bikes were sold in the U.S., and besides the one at the rally I've never seen another one that I can recall.  There was a nice yellow/black version...bumblebee style that seemed quite catching. 

[pete roper]

Yup, I had a customer from Gunning, a few Km away, that had a red one. The red is very striking as well.

[Admin Jaap]

14 hours ago, pete roper said:

This board has some weird censorship. Since when was d-i-c-k a word so gratuitously obscene it needs to be tipexed!?

I'm amazed it took you so long to find out! 

[p6x]

11 hours ago, pete roper said:

The red is very striking as well.

What I have been saying all along!!!!

[audiomick]

19 hours ago, p6x said:

Do you speak German with an Australian accent? do the people that don't know you tell you that you don't sound German?

An Australian accent, of course.

I reckon most Germans can hear that I am not a native German speaker. Funnily enough, when I have spoken about it with various people, the most common guess is that I am from the Netherlands. Having paid attention to the way Dutch speaker sound when speaking German, I can understand that. There really are similarities to my accent. There are not many Australians here, so most Germans have never conciously heard an Australian speaking German. On the other hand, most Germans have conciously heard Dutch speakers speaking German, so they go for the familiar "best guess". I still chuckle though, because I know my Australian accent is pretty obvious to those who are familiar with it.

And that isn't going to change. I speak and write very servicable German, but I am Australian, and I am quite content with that being obvious.

 

 

Incidentally, when I speak English with my family, and certain friends, my Australian accent is also very obvious. But given that Australian English is the only variety of Eglish in the world that has remained pure and unadulterated, that's ok.

[p6x]

4 minutes ago, audiomick said:

An Australian accent, of course.

I reckon most Germans can hear that I am not a native German speaker. Funnily enough, when I have spoken about it with various people, the most common guess is that I am from the Netherlands. Having paid attention to the way Dutch speaker sound when speaking German, I can understand that. There really are similarities to my accent. There are not many Australians here, so most Germans have never conciously heard an Australian speaking German. On the other hand, most Germans have conciously heard Dutch speakers speaking German, so they go for the familiar "best guess". I still chuckle though, because I know my Australian accent is pretty obvious to those who are familiar with it.

And that isn't going to change. I speak and write very servicable German, but I am Australian, and I am quite content with that being obvious.

 

 

Incidentally, when I speak English with my family, and certain friends, my Australian accent is also very obvious. But given that Australian English is the only variety of Eglish in the world that has remained pure and unadulterated, that's ok.

I understand. I forgot to ask you if you were a native English or German native speaker.

I am a French native speaker. Born and raised in Paris. When I started to work internationally, my French was the typical Parisian accented one. When I listen to me speaking anything, I hear my French accent.

Each time I return to France, I have some people asking me how come I know French so well. I surprise them when I tell I am French, born and raised. Somehow, over the years of expatriation, the lack of speaking French, I am guessing my accent is no longer current; this is most likely why French people that don't know better think I am Canadian. They have clearly never heard a French speaking Canadian.

Another dead give away is my first name. From the 50's. Also, I am using expressions which are no longer used today. When you don't live in the country, you don't stay current. Typical. The first names are usually a good indication of the age of a person.

[audiomick]

3 hours ago, p6x said:

... I am using expressions which are no longer used today. When you don't live in the country, you don't stay current. Typical.

Yes, I have that. On top of that, I think my syntax has been affected by thinking in German all the time. A friend in Melbourne commented on that after only 4 or 5 years here. It's nearly 30 years now, and I notice the effect myself sometimes when I speak English.

I don't believe, however, that my accent has been affected by speaking German all the time. I know it can happen though. Some years ago, my mother put me on the telephone with a woman she knew who came from Bavaria, but had been in Australia for about 50 years. She spoke German with me on the phone, but even I could hear that her German had acquired an Australian accent.

I think that people are different in that respect. Some acquire an accent, deliberately or unconciously, very quickly, some don't.

 

3 hours ago, p6x said:

The first names are usually a good indication of the age of a person.

Mine is Michael. I don't think that is an indication. It seems to be fairly perennial.

Edited February 4 by audiomick

[p6x]

2 hours ago, audiomick said:

Mine is Michael. I don't think that is an indication. It seems to be fairly perennial.

Edited 2 hours ago by audiomick

Agreed. I know some Michaels around here.

But for French names, it works. I can tell that nobody today is named "Gontrand", or Marguerite, Barnabé, or Barnabée, Colette, Clarabelle....

[audiomick]

16 hours ago, p6x said:

Agreed. I know some Michaels around here.

But for French names, it works. I can tell that nobody today is named "Gontrand", or Marguerite, Barnabé, or Barnabée, Colette, Clarabelle....

Now that I think about it, it probably works for a lot of German names, too.