Fiona Price

Woman of all things wordy. Writer of novels, songs and speeches, learner of languages, fan of colour. Known hat wearer.

[Fiona Price @FionaSLPrice]

My translation of @JJ_Goldman song La Vie Par Procuration reached the finals of the UK Songwriting Contest and Lyricist of the Year Awards! Would love to ask M. Goldman's permission to record it in English...des conseils, fans de JJG ?

#JeanJacquesGoldman

[Fiona Price @FionaSLPrice]

If people ever decide to protest against the new King of England, they could march and chant "C3PO! C3PO!"

[Fiona Price @FionaSLPrice]

Australia recently changed a line in its national anthem to "For we are one and free". Ironic, given that we are currently a fracturing Federation of sniping states divided by locked borders, in which more than half the population has been living in lockdown for months...

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@qianjinghua A friend of mine just forwarded me this tweet because I actually run short workshops on pronouncing Chinese names! Good idea. Sent a feeler to the Seven Network about this. You never know...

[Fiona Price @FionaSLPrice]

Know why #ScottyFromMarketing legislates AFTER dire missteps? He's responding to his market. Niche group demands concessions? He cuts a deal. Oz public outraged? A bigger market has spoken: he rescinds the deal. #ozpolitics #coronavirusau #30minhaircuts #ScoMo #Scomovirus

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Have decided to revive my Twitter feed with a flurry of sonnetised pop songs. Figured I should start with the classics. #Shakespearean #sonnet #rickroll #thesonnetiser

[Fiona Price @FionaSLPrice]

@henriettacook @CarolynAnneWebb @theage Thanks to @theage! For the curious, I wrote about how I became a professional names reader here: https://t.co/j0z2GmXKaL

[Fiona Price @FionaSLPrice]

A tweet about my new business sideline from @theage! I'm almost inspired to revive my Twitter account... https://t.co/SR8bdb2Hkb

[Henrietta Cook @henriettacook]

There’s a professional name reader at the @unimelb graudation ceremony and her pronunciation is superb

[Fiona Price @FionaSLPrice]

Hi @clembastow I'll be reading out your name when you graduate: it's "Bass-toe" (to rhyme with 'lass'), right?

[Fiona Price @FionaSLPrice]

'Wake Me Up Before You Go Go' as a Shakespearean sonnet: a tribute. #georgemichael #wham #george #sonnet

[Fiona Price @FionaSLPrice]

Just found a clove of garlic in the top drawer of my desk. On the bright side, my pens are now vampire-free. #garlic

[Fiona Price @FionaSLPrice]

@marykmac @timeshighered He beat me to it! I plan to write Teaching International Students: A Practical Manual one day, but time is short!

[Fiona Price @FionaSLPrice]

Jerusalem artichokes. Gateway to Extreme Flatulence, I hear (glances warily at free bagful from Dad's garden) #vegetables #cooking

[Fiona Price @FionaSLPrice]

How @LucyLiu helps me explain westernised Chinese names https://t.co/Bwzj5rFMCW #naming #china #multiculturalism

[Fiona Price @FionaSLPrice]

What's in a name? A career! How I turned helping university staff with Asian students' names into a viable business https://t.co/Bwzj5rFMCW

[Fiona Price @FionaSLPrice]

If Australian hipsters compared themselves with US rednecks, the US would look like the 'throwback country'. Demography, folks #margotrobbie

[Fiona Price @FionaSLPrice]

Alienated in Japan: my white friends’ 1st racial minority experience https://t.co/NNp0MumOb0 #racism #japan @eurasianhub

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Watching #bregret footage of voters who kicked the toilet door to Show 'Em A Thing Or Two and being shocked when the door flew open...

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The fashion for grey cars: praying for a Rainbow Revolution! https://t.co/max2ByGP67 #color #fashion

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On Australia being in #eurovision, if #brexit happens, won't the EU have a vacancy? ;)