Where did the Aussie accent come from?
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Where did the Aussie accent come from?
Hi
I spoke to a few Australian historians in Oz (yes they do have them)
I asked where the Australian accent came from and none of them were able to answer.
Most looked really shocked and offended and said we have always spoken like this. !!
Now I am no historian but as the country was made up of convicts mostly from the UK and from free settlers / immigrants, where did the accent come from.
It is like a rounded nasaly drawl. That's what my ears hear anyway.
Can anyone help
Thanks
I spoke to a few Australian historians in Oz (yes they do have them)
I asked where the Australian accent came from and none of them were able to answer.
Most looked really shocked and offended and said we have always spoken like this. !!
Now I am no historian but as the country was made up of convicts mostly from the UK and from free settlers / immigrants, where did the accent come from.
It is like a rounded nasaly drawl. That's what my ears hear anyway.
Can anyone help
Thanks
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Re: Where did the Aussie accent come from?
I think it has evolved from the Landan 'cockney' accent. That's where most of the crims came from that founded the country anyway.
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Re: Where did the Aussie accent come from?
I think the Aussie accent is horrible, I cringe when I hear it on TV or people around me. It's too slow and nasaly.
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Re: Where did the Aussie accent come from?
How did the scouse accent come about, thats what I want to know.
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I always notice that, you hear it a mile away and think 'oh god they've followed me'. I always get to hear them saying something silly, I was in Dublin a while ago and 'they' were on the bus and one said to the other one 'why are all the street signs in French and English' I felt like slapping them, it's bloody Irish!
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Re: Where did the Aussie accent come from?
I said evolved, which tends to imply it has changed.
It's an awful accent, very whiney. I cringe every time "Summer" talks on Neighbours. When I'm there I take pleasure in taking the piss out of their accent.
It's an awful accent, very whiney. I cringe every time "Summer" talks on Neighbours. When I'm there I take pleasure in taking the piss out of their accent.
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Re: Where did the Aussie accent come from?
Thanks for the replies,
Glad it's not just me that can't stand it, with it's high pitched endings to words.
One historian told me it came from England and that it has always been the way it is.. Think he was just making that up hmmmm..
I have never heard anyone in the UK speak like an Australian except the people from Oz over here of course.
Glad it's not just me that can't stand it, with it's high pitched endings to words.
One historian told me it came from England and that it has always been the way it is.. Think he was just making that up hmmmm..
I have never heard anyone in the UK speak like an Australian except the people from Oz over here of course.
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I remember when we were moving over to Oz and other half said, Oh! god I hate that accent, I said they won't all sound like that..
We moved to Qld and every day in work he got asked numerous times
Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaws it gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwn.
I thought he was going to have a nervous breakdown, ha ha
We moved to Qld and every day in work he got asked numerous times
Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaws it gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwn.
I thought he was going to have a nervous breakdown, ha ha
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Re: Where did the Aussie accent come from?
Ive noticed in recent years the Aussie accent (particularly among teenagers), has started to develop a slight American twang to it.
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I remember when we were moving over to Oz and other half said, Oh! god I hate that accent, I said they won't all sound like that..
We moved to Qld and every day in work he got asked numerous times
Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaws it gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwn.
I thought he was going to have a nervous breakdown, ha ha
We moved to Qld and every day in work he got asked numerous times
Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaws it gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwn.
I thought he was going to have a nervous breakdown, ha ha
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Re: Where did the Aussie accent come from?
Hence no escape from that high pitched drawn out accent.
Are there any accents in the UK you do like?
I assume you like your own, although I may be wrong and you may not like that either.
Hopefully you won't get too many foreigners from the UK living near you so can just enjoy the Australian accent.
Did you have an answer to my original question ? or were you just playing tit for tat.
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Thanks for the replies,
Glad it's not just me that can't stand it, with it's high pitched endings to words.
One historian told me it came from England and that it has always been the way it is.. Think he was just making that up hmmmm..
I have never heard anyone in the UK speak like an Australian except the people from Oz over here of course.
Glad it's not just me that can't stand it, with it's high pitched endings to words.
One historian told me it came from England and that it has always been the way it is.. Think he was just making that up hmmmm..
I have never heard anyone in the UK speak like an Australian except the people from Oz over here of course.
BTW there is quite a variation in Australian accents with regards to the amount of nasal and drawl. Is your husband a tradesman?