Carl Barron's performance at the Montreal Comedy Festival in 2006

Before you watch the video of a Carl Barron live performance, please answer these questions.

1 - Match the Britain English words in the first table with the Australian English words on the second. 1. Flip Flops
2.Excellent

A. Back of bourke B. Berko C. Ace D. Mozzie E. Thongs F. Shove off G. Good oil H. Tucker

3. Food 4. Middle of nowhere 5. Exact information 6. Angry 7.Mosquito 8. Go away

2 - Explain the double meaning of the following sentence:

-Im seeing someone else 1. 2.

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Carl Barron's performance at the Montreal Comedy Festival in 2006

Youll be watching a Carl Barron live performance in Montreal Comedy Festival, please pay attention and try to answer these questions while you watch the video.

1- Whats the main problem in Carls way of talking?

2- How did Carl use to call the filp-flops?

3- Discribe the misunderstanding about the filp-flops that happened with Carl.

4- Who used to wake up Carl in the middle of the night to ask him questions?

5- According to Carl whats the origin of the words?

5.1- Give example of 3 words that he compares with sounds.

6- Whats your opinion about this video?

Carl Barron's performance at the Montreal Comedy Festival in 2006

After watching the video, please discuss these questions with your group.

1- What do you think about the diversity of different pronunciations? Is it a positive thing?

2- How do you feel about the new portuguese spelling agreement?

-Safiya Hameed

-Rita Bernardo