PETE SMISSEN | Hobby Collections, Learning Portuguese & Pronunciation Importance

It's a language focused episode .... but with side orderings of randomness as well.In Conversation #94, Pete and I discuss: our ever increasing range of hobbies, nerding out on language learning, Nigel Richards and his ridiculous memory abilities, why I might be able to pick up Portuguese relatively easy and the type of people who are able to master accents and pronunciation. As always, I hope you enjoy. Kyrin out!Timeline:(0:00) - Intro(0:45) - Melbourne vs Sydney traffic(4:56) - Kids & cats(11:19) - Hardcore hobbies(16:05) - Playing and collecting guitars(21:14) - Hobbies with a long-term payoff(25:58) - The hardest thing we've ever done(29:40) - Hating on polyglots(34:21) - Language proficiency at a native level(39:53) - The Scrabble rabbit hole(43:51) - What it's like to have photographic memory(47:37) - Lobotomies, split brains & swearing(55:20) - Portuguese swear words sound so nice(57:26) - Pronunciation in Portuguese(1:03:30) - The importance of pronunciation(1:09:00) - Language community wokeness(1:13:55) - Who nails the Aussie accent?(1:22:37) - Managing mental health(1:26:51) - Aussie English podcastConnect with Pete:Website: https://aussieenglish.com.au/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/australia_english/Connect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUTwitter/X: https://twitter.com/meremortalspodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcastValue 4 Value Support:Boostagram: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/supportPaypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/meremortalspodcastSupport the show