Haircuts and accents

[dzurlady]

I went to the hairdressers on Wednesday. It was a good visit – they dyed my hair a red colour that I really like, and it was a shorter and cheaper visit than the first time I visited them. (They dyed it a different though also nice red colour that time and the whole thing took 4 hours and cost $250; this time it was I think half to three quarters of an hour and cost $90.) They are more expensive than my previous hairdressers ($55) but their cuts so far have been are much nicer – the last one still looked good and stayed neat as it grew out and they have both been super low maintenance because my hair naturally falls back into shape after I wash it. This time I think about 70% of the time she spent cutting my hair was in making many very small cuts.

While I was talking to her about the recent rain as she cut my hair, she made an offhand comment about how I was English and thus used to the rain, which I found amusing! I have an unusual accent¹, shared only with my twin sister, which is usually read as English² but can sound like other accents to different people. (The second most common suggestion is South African, but there have been several other suggestions too.) Usually people ask me where it is from rather than assuming though. I am amused that apparently I was masquerading as English completely accidentally. (I am fortunate that it is mostly read as a sort of intellectual English accent, which people seem to respond to in a positive way… Also I have English heritage on one side of my family (and also eventually on the other side further back), so it is not so weird from an identity sense.)

¹Unusual in the sense that no-one else around us ever had it.

²As far as I know; at least, most people who guess tell me it sounds English. (It used to sound a lot more English but has faded as I’ve grown older.) I am not sure if most people I speak to notice it and don’t say anything, or if most people I speak to just think it sounds mostly Australian and thus don’t bother to comment on it. I also wonder if people who have known me for some time still notice my accent or if it becomes invisible over time. People don’t tend to comment about it except when they first meet me though, so it’s hard to know.

Comments

[out_there]

Huh. I didn't even notice your accent until Mum mentioned that you both sounded like Canberra (or, hmmm, in other words, the way my brother and I sounded growing up in Canberra wiht an English dad). I'd just assumed it was an accent that ran in your family...

[dzurlady]

Apparently only part of it! But lol, you have only seen the accented part of it. :)

[pezzae]

Huh, Canberran... maybe that's why I don't notice it :) Thinking about it, you do sound a little posher than the standard Aussie accent.
Where do you get your hair cut? I am looking for one that is closer than South Melbourne... but I don't dare just pick one of the many down the street cos, y'know, what if they suck? That is the only problem with this short hair biz...

[dzurlady]

I have been going to Rokk Ebony - I've been going to the Toorak one, but there's also one in Glen Waverley (and some others further away). If you want to try them out, for your first visit you can get $25 off.

There are probably also some nice places that are closer, too - I started going because I wanted something nice and they've won lots of awards and do my sister's hair really nicely. But you could try Purple Haze, which is up near the corner of Burke and Wattletree - I haven't been there myself, but my sister has and iirc she though it was ok.