Career Options to Consider for Active Travelers

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Traveling can be one of the most entertaining things to do in life. Not only is this an enjoyable experience, but you will have an opportunity to meet new people, experience new cultures, and grow as an individual. If you’re interested in applying your language skills in the workplace while traveling, then here are some careers to keep in mind.

Cruise Ship jobs

Cruise ships are like small cities floating around the world. You have so many different amenities on a cruise ship. If you would love to travel the world for free in the lap of luxury, then a cruise ship job might be right for you.

There are so many different jobs that you can have on a cruise ship. Whether you want to teach yoga or cook delicious meals daily, there is a place of employment for you on a cruise ship. If you are looking to live on the sea for a great deal of the year while seeing many different countries, this could be the right job for you.

Airline Pilot

A job with travel opportunities built right in is an airline pilot. While you will have to complete a great deal of training, this career can be gratifying. You will be able to see the world as a top-notch airline pilot.

Free travel is just one of the many different amenities of becoming an airline pilot. As an airline pilot, you will have layovers in many exotic places. This will give you the ability to learn about many different cultures during your typical work week. You’ll have continual opportunities to further your language learning by interacting with locals as you travel.

Translator

If you want a lot of different travel opportunities, being a translator can be the career for you. Whether you are translating real-time for politicians or translating for tourists in different countries, these bilingual careers will afford you the opportunity to travel all over the world.

Learning different languages provides you with a range of future benefits. Becoming a translator is a great way for you to see the world and have interesting conversations with people from different cultures.

These are just a few of the many different career options that active travelers can consider. If you want to see the world and make a living, one of these careers just might be the right fit for you.

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Resources and References:

Jobs for People Who Love to Travel

10 Simple Ways to Immediately Improve Your Listening Skills for Language Learning

4 Things to Consider if You Travel for Business

 

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The Ultimate Guide to Pompey Slang for Tourists

Pompey is a slang term for Portsmouth, a waterfront city on a tiny island off the South Coast of England. With a vast association with the Royal and Merchant Navy, it is culturally a very diverse city with a unique and fascinating history. The slang I grew up hearing was once widely used by many other locals as a signal of heritage and a sense of pride in their community.  If you go ‘dayntain’ to the local markets you will still hear the spoken slang commonly known as ‘Pompey Speak‘ which has also been captured in the literature of many famous authors!

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This includes the work of Charles Dickens who was born in the city. Sir Arthur Conan Doyal the author of Sherlock Holmes was once a resident here too, as well as Rudyard Kipling author of the Jungle Book and H.G Wells author of War of the Worlds and The Time Machine.  Other notable people born in Portsmouth included Isambard Brunel, an engineer during the Industrial Revolution, James Callaghan, who was the British prime minister during the 1970s and John Pounds, the founder of the first ragged school. Ragged schools provided free education to working-class children across the city.  The comedian and actor Peter Sellers was born in Southsea. Even Arnold Schwarzenegger once lived and trained in Portsmouth!

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What’s in an Accent? 

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The Royal Garrison Church in Portsmouth, photograph by Charley Jenkins.

The maritime connection in Portsmouth has really set the Pompey accent apart from the typical local Hampshire accent which is more country sounding. The closest match to a Portsmouth accent would have to be Cockney accent. A lot of the slang words from London have worked their way down to Portsmouth over the years. There is a reason for this as after WW2 many Londoners were re-homed in Portsmouth and also many dockworkers came from the East End of London. ‘Pompey Speak‘ is rather diverse structurally and phonetically from all other regional English accents.  There are also a lot of borrowed words that are Cockney slang and Romany Gypsy in origin. When Gypsy and Traveller sites in Hampshire, especially the New Forest area were closed some Romany families were moved to the Portsmouth area.

If you are planning a trip to Portsmouth here is your guide to understanding and sounding like the locals…

The A-Z Pompey Slang Guide 

Beard on - When you are not believing in what another person is saying.

Cream Krackered – To be really tired and exhausted. This is a phrase that has worked its way down from London.

Chore - Meaning Stolen. ‘Chored‘ is of Romany Gypsy origin, which makes its use in Pompey slang rather ironic.

Chuffed - When someone is happy or proud of an accomplishment.

Chufty badge - When someone has accomplished something and is feeling rather proud, and will NOT stop talking about it. Someone might ask if they want a ‘chufty badge‘.

Cushty - It’s all good. Another word that is Romany Gypsy in origin.

Diamond Geezer - A really top bloke.

Divvi - A word borrowed from the Romany Gypsy language meaning crazy.

Dinlo - A lighthearted insult meaning fool. ‘Din’, and ‘dinny’ are also used. Like many words on this list, it is Romany Gypsy in origin.

Duff -  A term used for when something is broken. “E got duff’ed up real good” actually translates as “He got broken (beaten up) badly“.

Chinny - The same meaning as ‘beard on‘. This is used when a person is not believing in what another person is saying!

Eze up - When someone is getting a bit too much in your face and you need them to calm down.

Gavvers - A Romany Gypsy word for police.

Gettin lairy - What someone is doing if they are being overly sarcastic or losing their cool.

Got a chuffty on - When you are commenting on a person being proud of something. Sometimes said in a sarcastic tone, i.e. “I bet you got a chuffty on about it“.

In a cop/cop on someone - To be annoyed with someone.

Knackered – Exhausted, tired, can also mean ‘broken’ if applied to an object.

Knukledayn - To get on with a task.

Well, Mangey - Something looks dirty, ill or uncared for.

Mush - (Pronounced as moosh). Another Romany Gypsy word originally meaning man, but now used for a mate.

Mush Bird - A rather masculine woman!

Mullered - Once again a word borrowed from the Romany that can either mean intoxicated or that someone has been beaten up really badly.

Noice One Geeze - Good job mate.

Off ya ‘ed - Someone who isn’t thinking right… likely to be intoxicated!

Roight Scank - Disgusting.

Sort - A person that is good looking.

Scrummy –  Something that is really delicious.

Squinny - To complain or cry a lot!

See a man about a dog –  Borrowed from Cockney slang this means to attend a meeting or to go to the toilet!

Skive – To take an unwarranted day off work or school, for example, pulling a sickie!

Tain - Town 

Taking the piss – Mocking someone.

Tickety-boo - When something is going smoothly without any disasters.

Turk Tain - Is a reference to the neighboring town of Gosport.

Turned ’round n said - When referencing to how someone had told another person off (i.e. I turned ’round n said to erm...).

Weee! - A surprised expression. Not to be confused with the Scottish term for little.

Well ‘ard - Someone who knows how to take care of themselves. Don’t mess with them!

Bonus Tip: Wanna sound like a local then forget ‘Ts‘ they become silent and add an ‘S‘ to the end of everything you say, for example, Yous twos, Tescos, Asdas, and ones… because even one can become a plural when you are from Pompey!

Photograph by Rebekka Lee
Photograph by Rebekka Lee

Thank you to Jennifer Hudson, Charley Jenkins, Rebekka Lee, Carly Morrissey and Neil Ansell for your support on writing this blog post and sharing your photographs.

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