Where did the Aussie accent come from?
May 15th 2010, 4:30 am
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Re: Where did the Aussie accent come from?
The fact that they are workers kind of gives away that they are not bogans. Most bogans were more likely to be doing burgs or other such criminal activity. Either that or on the dole, bonging on and dealing dope.
An idiot? A dickhead? One of the boyz? Australian?
What does a bogan act like? The last real bogans I ran in to were about 40 years old and hadn't changed since they were 18. These were guys I actually went to school with. Completely stuck in a time warp and hadn't grown up or achieved anything.
It was always easy to be able to spot a bogan. Tight stretch levis/faberge jeans, moccasins or ugg boots footwear, flannelette shirt, bonds vest, mullet with rat tails. Down the pub, pissed and trying to get into a bit of fisticuffs. Common as muck really. Usually found in the outer suburbs rather than urban areas.
Aussie version would be Kath & Kim. Suburban women. Bland, insular and common.
Then they also definitely wouldn't be bogans.
I agree. It has become a very generic, throw away term.
Yes, I agree. They do have a tendency to draw attention to themsleves.
Or could the new bogan be the metrosexual?
An idiot? A dickhead? One of the boyz? Australian?
What does a bogan act like? The last real bogans I ran in to were about 40 years old and hadn't changed since they were 18. These were guys I actually went to school with. Completely stuck in a time warp and hadn't grown up or achieved anything.
It was always easy to be able to spot a bogan. Tight stretch levis/faberge jeans, moccasins or ugg boots footwear, flannelette shirt, bonds vest, mullet with rat tails. Down the pub, pissed and trying to get into a bit of fisticuffs. Common as muck really. Usually found in the outer suburbs rather than urban areas.
Aussie version would be Kath & Kim. Suburban women. Bland, insular and common.
Then they also definitely wouldn't be bogans.
I agree. It has become a very generic, throw away term.
Yes, I agree. They do have a tendency to draw attention to themsleves.
Or could the new bogan be the metrosexual?
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I don't think I sound anything like an American. If anything I often get mistaken for being Irish!
And if the Aussies have such a horrible accent - why is it I have heard heaps of times when I say I'm married to an Australian...."Oh I love the Australian accent"....or when my husband spoke (when we lived in Canada)...they'd turn to me and say "I could listen to him all day".
Obviously doesn't turn *everybody* off
Wonder if you'd find more people like it than don't and is it just the UK people who don't like it (and probably the Kiwis as well). I'm sure there would be Aussies who would complain about your accents too
I don't think I sound anything like an American. If anything I often get mistaken for being Irish!
And if the Aussies have such a horrible accent - why is it I have heard heaps of times when I say I'm married to an Australian...."Oh I love the Australian accent"....or when my husband spoke (when we lived in Canada)...they'd turn to me and say "I could listen to him all day".
Obviously doesn't turn *everybody* off
Wonder if you'd find more people like it than don't and is it just the UK people who don't like it (and probably the Kiwis as well). I'm sure there would be Aussies who would complain about your accents too
I have American relatives, and find their accents quite mild, and almost prissy in the blokes. No wonder that the girls quite like the broader Australian accent. Infact, I arrived from the airport and was told I sounded Australian by friends of my family. It doesn't help of course, that they knew I lived in Australia. My wife's brother's partner even mimiced some of the stresses I put on some syllables, and vowels but she also said she liked them. An Anglo-Australian accent perhaps? The fact of the matter is that places we live in influence us in some small part.
May 15th 2010, 5:07 am
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Re: Where did the Aussie accent come from?
Somebody said (I don't know who) that a person's accent tells the story of their life.
May 16th 2010, 8:55 pm
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Re: Where did the Aussie accent come from?
I'm Aussie and even I abhor the Aussie accents on tv, and it seems even stronger when you hear it overseas....'cringy' is the only way to describe it! But it's not the WHOLE population that speak like that. I think QLD is definitely the worst for the nasally accent, but bless them, some of their accents are so strong it is more amusing than annoying! I have also noticed that in Sydney there's a bit of an american accent sneaking in. I'm from there and it's not suprising, most Sydney-siders have a bit of 'wannabee LA' in them I think.
May 17th 2010, 7:27 am
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Re: Where did the Aussie accent come from?
I recall they had to run an advertising campaign to tell people that 000 was the emergency number - something like 60% of people thought it was 911
* statistic may be made up for comedy value
What is with the aussie pronunciation of Known or Own they pronounce it Knowun or Owun buffoons. And Maroon is Marone.
I believe Lenny Henry said - an accent is a proud reflection of the rich heritage of your ancestors and the first settlers of the region from whence you hail. Unfortunately for people of west midlands the first person to settle in Dudley was a ****n moron.
* statistic may be made up for comedy value
What is with the aussie pronunciation of Known or Own they pronounce it Knowun or Owun buffoons. And Maroon is Marone.
I believe Lenny Henry said - an accent is a proud reflection of the rich heritage of your ancestors and the first settlers of the region from whence you hail. Unfortunately for people of west midlands the first person to settle in Dudley was a ****n moron.
May 17th 2010, 9:07 am
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May 17th 2010, 10:19 am
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Re: Where did the Aussie accent come from?
I'm Aussie and even I abhor the Aussie accents on tv, and it seems even stronger when you hear it overseas....'cringy' is the only way to describe it! But it's not the WHOLE population that speak like that. I think QLD is definitely the worst for the nasally accent, but bless them, some of their accents are so strong it is more amusing than annoying! I have also noticed that in Sydney there's a bit of an american accent sneaking in. I'm from there and it's not suprising, most Sydney-siders have a bit of 'wannabee LA' in them I think.
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May 17th 2010, 10:21 am
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Re: Where did the Aussie accent come from?
May 17th 2010, 10:23 am
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Re: Where did the Aussie accent come from?
I recall they had to run an advertising campaign to tell people that 000 was the emergency number - something like 60% of people thought it was 911
* statistic may be made up for comedy value
What is with the aussie pronunciation of Known or Own they pronounce it Knowun or Owun buffoons. And Maroon is Marone.
I believe Lenny Henry said - an accent is a proud reflection of the rich heritage of your ancestors and the first settlers of the region from whence you hail. Unfortunately for people of west midlands the first person to settle in Dudley was a ****n moron.
* statistic may be made up for comedy value
What is with the aussie pronunciation of Known or Own they pronounce it Knowun or Owun buffoons. And Maroon is Marone.
I believe Lenny Henry said - an accent is a proud reflection of the rich heritage of your ancestors and the first settlers of the region from whence you hail. Unfortunately for people of west midlands the first person to settle in Dudley was a ****n moron.
May 17th 2010, 1:44 pm
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Re: Where did the Aussie accent come from?
We had a visiting brigade come over for a training programme last week and in their number was a Northern Brit of unknown origin. I did not get a chance to talk to him. During the night, he said something so unintelligible that everyone looked completely blank, and even my own English background was of no use. There was a stunned silence, but everyone was very polite about it and nothing was said - I don't think anyone wanted to embarass him.
But one wag, (who can be counted on to say such things) from my brigade nudged me and said:
"One of your mob Badge". I was this close to distancing myself(!) and considering my response when he added -
"Watford Gap though, eh?" which I have to admit, did make me laugh!