--- title: Lonely and different: accents, big brothers and being too much — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Lonely and different: accents, big brothers and being too much», a lesson of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Moving to the other side of the world can make your own voice feel like a target: Holly's family moved f --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/22-lonely-and-different-accents-big-brothers-and-being-too-much/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Reflection](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/) / Lonely and different: accents, big bro… # Lonely and different: accents, big brothers and being too much Lesson 22 of the reflection course of Mova's primary school: 19 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/reflection/22-lonely-and-different-accents-big-brothers-and-being-too-much/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/22-lonely-and-different-accents-big-brothers-and-being-too-much/0/) — Moving to the other side of the world can make your own voice feel like a target: Holly's family moved from England to Australia, kids copied her accent with "Cup of tea, guv'nor?", and at night she thought: "Everyone laughs when I talk. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/22-lonely-and-different-accents-big-brothers-and-being-too-much/1/) — I don't belong here. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/22-lonely-and-different-accents-big-brothers-and-being-too-much/3/) — The first month she cried every night and barely spoke in class, so nobody would hear the accent; by month three a girl at netball asked her round and she started to laugh again; after a year she had a bit of an Aussie twang herself. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/22-lonely-and-different-accents-big-brothers-and-being-too-much/4/) — What she came to understand: moving countries is hard for anyone, homesickness is the ache for the place and people you left, and teasing about accents is often curiosity done badly; accents fade or become something people like. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/22-lonely-and-different-accents-big-brothers-and-being-too-much/5/) — Video calls with Nan and that one friendly girl helped; refusing to talk did not, because silence kept her alone with the worst story in her head. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/22-lonely-and-different-accents-big-brothers-and-being-too-much/6/) — Loneliness has many shapes: a big brother who shuts his door at 13, friends who say you're "too loud", being picked last, a far-away farm, a month off ill; the thread through all of them is that it is rarely about something wrong with you, and real friends like you as you are. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/22-lonely-and-different-accents-big-brothers-and-being-too-much/7/) — Homesickness is the sad ache for the home and people you left; it is common after a move and usually fades over months. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/22-lonely-and-different-accents-big-brothers-and-being-too-much/8/) — "Pom" is Australian slang, often teasing, for a British person; accent teasing is often curiosity done badly. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/22-lonely-and-different-accents-big-brothers-and-being-too-much/9/) — Children who move often pick up some of the new accent within a year or so. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/22-lonely-and-different-accents-big-brothers-and-being-too-much/10/) — Refusing to talk to hide something about yourself usually keeps you lonely for longer. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/22-lonely-and-different-accents-big-brothers-and-being-too-much/11/) — Teenagers often want more time alone and with friends their own age; it does not mean they have stopped loving their younger brother or sister. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/22-lonely-and-different-accents-big-brothers-and-being-too-much/12/) — Some people prefer quiet friends and some like loud ones; real friends like you as you are, and you don't have to switch yourself off. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/22-lonely-and-different-accents-big-brothers-and-being-too-much/13/) — Being picked last again and again hurts; teachers can choose teams in fairer ways if they are told. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/22-lonely-and-different-accents-big-brothers-and-being-too-much/14/) — A club that leaves people out on purpose hurts; making your own fun or your own club is often better than begging to join. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/22-lonely-and-different-accents-big-brothers-and-being-too-much/15/) — Living far from friends, for example in the countryside, can be lonely; weekend clubs and planned visits help. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/22-lonely-and-different-accents-big-brothers-and-being-too-much/16/) — After a long time away, friendships may have shifted; joining back in slowly and inviting people round helps more than being cross. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/22-lonely-and-different-accents-big-brothers-and-being-too-much/17/) — An inside joke is one only a group understands; other shared interests can connect you to people too. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/22-lonely-and-different-accents-big-brothers-and-being-too-much/18/) — People can have more than one best friend; a new friend does not cancel an old friendship. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/22-lonely-and-different-accents-big-brothers-and-being-too-much/19/) — Sometimes we think we were left out on purpose when it was a mistake; asking is better than assuming the worst. - ← previous: [Left out: the party, the new school, the third wheel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/21-left-out-the-party-the-new-school-the-third-wheel/) - next →: [When nobody sits with you: making friends again](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/23-when-nobody-sits-with-you-making-friends-again/) - ↑ back to [Reflection](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/)