5 Most Irritating Aussie Speech Traits
Dec 21st 2005, 8:35 am
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Re: 5 Most Irritating Aussie Speech Traits
Originally Posted by Amazulu
The way, mainly, women say 'nooy' for 'no'.
Dec 21st 2005, 8:47 am
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Re: 5 Most Irritating Aussie Speech Traits
cheap as chips!
Dec 21st 2005, 9:37 am
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Re: 5 Most Irritating Aussie Speech Traits
Originally Posted by Neil S
With apologies to the Aussie born people that post on this site and I'm sure you can reciprocate about us Poms, I want to give you some of the things that irritate me most about Aussie people, in no particular order.
1. I have a colleague who says "no worries" on average about 6-10 times every time he is on the phone
2. All my colleague's say "good on yer" before they put the phone down on each call
3. From shop assistants the US style "Have a nice day" is creeping in
4. The withering realisation "oohh okay" is used all too often
5. Instead of thanking you the Aussies like to just say "cool"
Glad to get that off my chest. By the way, I still like the Aussies.
1. I have a colleague who says "no worries" on average about 6-10 times every time he is on the phone
2. All my colleague's say "good on yer" before they put the phone down on each call
3. From shop assistants the US style "Have a nice day" is creeping in
4. The withering realisation "oohh okay" is used all too often
5. Instead of thanking you the Aussies like to just say "cool"
Glad to get that off my chest. By the way, I still like the Aussies.
I've posted this before but it's a good one relating to our penchant to have an upwards inflection at the end of a sentence (a lot of English people have a downwards inflection which irritates me but that's another story or thread).
Q. Why do Australians go up at the end of their sentences?
A. Because their relatives went down at the beginning of their's!
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Dec 21st 2005, 9:59 am
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Re: 5 Most Irritating Aussie Speech Traits
I can't cope with the following:
Oktion (auction)
Parsta (pasta) - where on earth did the r come from
farewelled (as mentioned earlier) - its not a verb!
Would never have a go at my Aussie friends though, but keep correcting my kids every time they say warta instead of water. Probably ought to give up - don't think I'll win that one...
Trax
Oktion (auction)
Parsta (pasta) - where on earth did the r come from
farewelled (as mentioned earlier) - its not a verb!
Would never have a go at my Aussie friends though, but keep correcting my kids every time they say warta instead of water. Probably ought to give up - don't think I'll win that one...
Trax
Dec 21st 2005, 10:14 am
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Re: 5 Most Irritating Aussie Speech Traits
Originally Posted by Trax
I can't cope with the following:
Oktion (auction)
Parsta (pasta) - where on earth did the r come from
farewelled (as mentioned earlier) - its not a verb!
Would never have a go at my Aussie friends though, but keep correcting my kids every time they say warta instead of water. Probably ought to give up - don't think I'll win that one...
Trax
Oktion (auction)
Parsta (pasta) - where on earth did the r come from
farewelled (as mentioned earlier) - its not a verb!
Would never have a go at my Aussie friends though, but keep correcting my kids every time they say warta instead of water. Probably ought to give up - don't think I'll win that one...
Trax
Mell (pause) born
Pairth
Can (pause) berra
Lonston et al
Sorry, wrong thread.
OzTennis
Dec 21st 2005, 10:17 am
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Re: 5 Most Irritating Aussie Speech Traits
Originally Posted by OzTennis
Apologies accepted!
I've posted this before but it's a good one relating to our penchant to have an upwards inflection at the end of a sentence (a lot of English people have a downwards inflection which irritates me but that's another story or thread).
Q. Why do Australians go up at the end of their sentences?
A. Because their relatives went down at the beginning of their's!
OzTennis
I've posted this before but it's a good one relating to our penchant to have an upwards inflection at the end of a sentence (a lot of English people have a downwards inflection which irritates me but that's another story or thread).
Q. Why do Australians go up at the end of their sentences?
A. Because their relatives went down at the beginning of their's!
OzTennis
E.g. "I wish they would stop sounding like they are asking questions?"
PL
Dec 21st 2005, 10:18 am
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Re: 5 Most Irritating Aussie Speech Traits
Originally Posted by OzTennis
Apologies accepted!
I've posted this before but it's a good one relating to our penchant to have an upwards inflection at the end of a sentence (a lot of English people have a downwards inflection which irritates me but that's another story or thread).
Q. Why do Australians go up at the end of their sentences?
A. Because their relatives went down at the beginning of their's!
OzTennis
I've posted this before but it's a good one relating to our penchant to have an upwards inflection at the end of a sentence (a lot of English people have a downwards inflection which irritates me but that's another story or thread).
Q. Why do Australians go up at the end of their sentences?
A. Because their relatives went down at the beginning of their's!
OzTennis
E.g. "I wish they would stop sounding like they are asking questions?"
Usually after the upward inflection they then wait for some sort of response from you e.g a nod or a "yeah!" before they continue with whatever they were going to say. It's quite cute actually.
PL
Dec 21st 2005, 10:41 am
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Re: 5 Most Irritating Aussie Speech Traits
Originally Posted by Princess Leia
I was going to say this. Aussies make ordinary sentences sound like questions.
E.g. "I wish they would stop sounding like they are asking questions?"
Usually after the upward inflection they then wait for some sort of response from you e.g a nod or a "yeah!" before they continue with whatever they were going to say. It's quite cute actually.
PL
E.g. "I wish they would stop sounding like they are asking questions?"
Usually after the upward inflection they then wait for some sort of response from you e.g a nod or a "yeah!" before they continue with whatever they were going to say. It's quite cute actually.
PL
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Dec 21st 2005, 10:52 am
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Re: 5 Most Irritating Aussie Speech Traits
Originally Posted by Trax
Parsta (pasta) - where on earth did the r come from
Dec 21st 2005, 11:07 am
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Re: 5 Most Irritating Aussie Speech Traits
I don't have any problem with the way Australians speak - it's the same as us poms but different. The only problem I have is with listening to my 6 year old daughter, who has been at school here for 7 weeks, doing the "Aussie inflection". From a true Australian you accept it (and like it) as part of them but to me it just feels as though my daughter is acting out a role. I obviously knew to expect this to happen but it doesn't make it any easier to listen to when all around her we are all still speaking the "Queen's English".
Probably what irritates me more is my father-in-law speaking so slowly as if to a foreigner who wouldn't have that good a grasp of english!
I wonder whether I will keep my british accent or drift into Aussie speak too?!
Binbird
Probably what irritates me more is my father-in-law speaking so slowly as if to a foreigner who wouldn't have that good a grasp of english!
I wonder whether I will keep my british accent or drift into Aussie speak too?!
Binbird
Dec 21st 2005, 11:43 am
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Re: 5 Most Irritating Aussie Speech Traits
instead of saying alright they say alrightey...for some reason just that one saying puts my back up
Dec 21st 2005, 11:57 am
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Re: 5 Most Irritating Aussie Speech Traits
For the past few months my 10 year old has got into the habit of saying "thank you much" in a sing song way. Irritates the hell out of me, no idea where it has come from, but can't say anything because she is at least saying thank you 
Haven't been here long enough for any speech to annoy me yet. Still at the entertained frame of mind
Haven't been here long enough for any speech to annoy me yet. Still at the entertained frame of mind
Dec 21st 2005, 12:08 pm
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Re: 5 Most Irritating Aussie Speech Traits
yes thanks !!
yip !
yip yip!!
yip yip yip!!!
yip !
yip yip!!
yip yip yip!!!
Dec 21st 2005, 12:52 pm
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Re: 5 Most Irritating Aussie Speech Traits
Originally Posted by wengerboy
yes thanks !!
yip !
yip yip!!
yip yip yip!!!
yip !
yip yip!!
yip yip yip!!!
Dec 21st 2005, 1:15 pm
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Re: 5 Most Irritating Aussie Speech Traits
Originally Posted by renth
"Na!" instead on "No"
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