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Originally posted by ohsohopeful At a restaurant in Brisbane recently I ordered a broccoli and cheese tart, which of course made my Southern Englist accent very obvious indeed. The waiter was quite amused, beamed at me and said "I love your accent", which put me totally at ease and stopped me feeling like I should try to hide it. I found in my short time in Oz that I became very endeared to the accents I heard and felt that my own was somewhat boring by comparison! :) |
Originally posted by mr mover Thats because they reckon you sound like pam Ayers ,very popular over hear,,,,:D :beer: MM formally of milton abbas Very nice little village :) Too many tourists these days tho.... |
Re: Irritating Australianisms
Originally posted by Jaykay Went for a holiday to see my family in Melbourne with my 4 year old daughter and she came back after 3 weeks sounding more Australian than me. Very noticeable was how she said Warder, instead of water :) My Mum tells me that when we emigrated to Australia (I was 9) I lost my english accent within about 4 weeks of being there. After living in the UK for 10 years all my family and friends in Oz say that I now talk really posh :D :D |
Re: Irritating Australianisms
Originally posted by TimEh? Most kids hate to stand out. |
Re: Irritating Australianisms
Originally posted by Wilf And most adults. |
Re: Irritating Australianisms
Originally posted by TimEh? Speaking of irritating Australian(ism)s... |
Mr Mover,
Milton Abbas?? How long ago? I used to live in Winterbourne Whitechurch........small world, as they say....... |
Re: Irritating Australianisms
Originally posted by Wilf You are not blindsiding a defenceless old codger off his guard are you? You make me feel like Walter Matthau, my ever-emigrating neighbour. I notice you tone down your responses to me in this section - no doubt trying to show a kinder gentler Wilf. But your still the same old Wilf in the Lounge though ain't yuh? |
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Originally posted by TimEh? "Defenceless"? You? As one of your first victims on this forum, I would hardly call you defenceless. You seem, in fact, to have quite the sting. I notice you tone down your responses to me in this section - no doubt trying to show a kinder gentler Wilf. But your still the same old Wilf in the Lounge though ain't yuh? Your (sic). And a self-obsessed, TimPot forum sheriff. You have "seen me off" The Lounge, as you bragged you would do, with your Pidgin English pieces, so you are trying here now? I have had the decency to give up Dallas (I do not want to pick up your bad habits) so please give up the TJ Hooker and get back to your shrineEh? Surely you have not documented the last few days of Tim yet? The viewer will be left waiting on a cliffhanger? |
Just thought of another one, vitamins, say it to rhyme with "right" not vitta-mins.
The Ozzie accent doesn't stand out so much once you've been here a few months. The jingles on tv/radio sound familiar and you recognise the presenters voies. When something English pops up, that stands out instead! Shop assistants occasionally ask after my accent, but not nearly as much as when we first arrived here. Maybe it's because I'm no longer fumbling in my purse trying to figure out the money and I come across as a local rather than a tourist. My youngest children (8 & 10) have picked up the accent real quick, but the oldest (12) and us adults haven't (according to our English rellies who recently visited). In year 7 the students have been practising their 2-minute speeches (because entering speech competitions here seems to be a big thing in high school). Most adults dread speaking aloud in public, so we have encouraged our daughter to overcome this fear now rather than later! She did very well and got the loudest applause apparently, and it was commented that her well-spoken English was clear and easy to understand, the other kids probably thought she sounded like a BBC newsreader! |
Originally posted by Jacqui Just thought of another one, vitamins, say it to rhyme with "right" not vitta-mins. The Ozzie accent doesn't stand out so much once you've been here a few months. The jingles on tv/radio sound familiar and you recognise the presenters voies. When something English pops up, that stands out instead! Shop assistants occasionally ask after my accent, but not nearly as much as when we first arrived here. Maybe it's because I'm no longer fumbling in my purse trying to figure out the money and I come across as a local rather than a tourist. My youngest children (8 & 10) have picked up the accent real quick, but the oldest (12) and us adults haven't (according to our English rellies who recently visited). In year 7 the students have been practising their 2-minute speeches (because entering speech competitions here seems to be a big thing in high school). Most adults dread speaking aloud in public, so we have encouraged our daughter to overcome this fear now rather than later! She did very well and got the loudest applause apparently, and it was commented that her well-spoken English was clear and easy to understand, the other kids probably thought she sounded like a BBC newsreader! |
Originally posted by Pollyana Mr Mover, Milton Abbas?? How long ago? I used to live in Winterbourne Whitechurch........small world, as they say....... |
Jacqui is spot on - after 6 months Aussie accents sound nice and "easy" and it is the UK accents that sound bizarre - esp the English newsreaders/ pollies. jesus! guys - relax!!!
I think wilf is right - a good clean UK accent goes a long way ANYWHERE - UK or elsewhere. doesn't have to be RP, the queen or anything. It'a amazing how Aussies expect you to sound like Hugh Grant - very few English people do - and the ones that do dumb down and talk common - I get fed up with this fashion in London at the moment this last few years with everyone trying to talk in what they think is a cool cockney accent - Jamie Oliver (?!) lol. My accent is barstardised "public school-home counties-military" for years people thought I was a South African. People from the North say it is London - (they mean "south" I think) and Londoners can't work it out so noone is right. After a year in aus I developed a slight twang that UK tourists heard as aussie, but it seems to me that a lot of genuine aussie males have a nasal/crackly vocal quality that would be hard to pick up. badgers |
Re: Irritating Australianisms
Originally posted by Wilf Your (sic). And a self-obsessed, TimPot forum sheriff. You have "seen me off" The Lounge, as you bragged you would do, with your Pidgin English pieces, so you are trying here now? I have had the decency to give up Dallas (I do not want to pick up your bad habits) so please give up the TJ Hooker and get back to your shrineEh? Surely you have not documented the last few days of Tim yet? The viewer will be left waiting on a cliffhanger? You reveal nothing worthwhile about yourself but don't hesitate to make use of the personal things you have found out about me. A despicable tactic. You refer - in a mocking manner - to things you have found out about me on my website. Of course those pages are public, but when someone of your character uses that information against a person like me, then it feels very much like an invasion of privacy. By doing something as underhanded as that, you reached a new low. And for you, that's really saying something. You also refer a lot to school-yard tactics. Methinks, mentally and emotionally, you have never left the school yard. By the way, I have had many compliments about my "boreography" as you so kindly called it; yours was the first rude or negative comment I have ever received. Speaks volumes about you, don't you think? But YOU'RE just being honest, right? |
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