Any resource to learn Australian accent before landing there?
Hi
Do you know any resource which I can use to learn Australian accent before I go there? I heard that, for a non native, Australian accent is a bit hard to understand in comparison with American and British accent. Thanks. |
Re: Any resource to learn Australian accent before landing there?
Originally Posted by legolasWood
(Post 7229600)
Hi
Do you know any resource which I can use to learn Australian accent before I go there? I heard that, for a non native, Australian accent is a bit hard to understand in comparison with American and British accent. Thanks. Your air fridge Strine will use all of these. |
Re: Any resource to learn Australian accent before landing there?
Originally Posted by iamthecreaturefromuranus
(Post 7230659)
Your air fridge Strine will use all of these.
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Re: Any resource to learn Australian accent before landing there?
Originally Posted by legolasWood
(Post 7229600)
Hi
Do you know any resource which I can use to learn Australian accent before I go there? |
Re: Any resource to learn Australian accent before landing there?
Are you coming to Sydney? Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Thai, Philipino, Indian, Sri Lankan and my personal favourite Korean (because I can speak it :p) would all be jolly useful. :D
In other areas just drop your consonants, draw out your sentences and adopt a shockingly nonchalant attitude towards articulation and you'll be fine.:thumbup: |
Re: Any resource to learn Australian accent before landing there?
Just forget about glottal stops and use a rising terminal for every sentence and you will fit right in.
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Re: Any resource to learn Australian accent before landing there?
Originally Posted by legolasWood
(Post 7229600)
Do you know any resource which I can use to learn Australian accent before I go there?
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Re: Any resource to learn Australian accent before landing there?
Originally Posted by Grayling
(Post 7231451)
Why on earth would you want to do that?:confused:
We have had guests who have noticed the difference in the accent and have had varying degrees of success in being able to get on with it. |
Re: Any resource to learn Australian accent before landing there?
Originally Posted by quoll
(Post 7231164)
Just forget about glottal stops and use a rising terminal for every sentence and you will fit right in.
At the time, I wasn't quite sure what he meant - until I realised he was talking about the glottal stop. When I listen to English accents on the radio I notice it a lot, in some accents more than others - and it almost sounds hesitant and even occasionally awkward, I'd say. |
Re: Any resource to learn Australian accent before landing there?
Originally Posted by legolasWood
(Post 7229600)
Hi
Do you know any resource which I can use to learn Australian accent before I go there? I heard that, for a non native, Australian accent is a bit hard to understand in comparison with American and British accent. Thanks. grow a pointy goatee beard throw away all shoes - walk barefoot everywhere only wear singlets start an interest in hanging out at brew-it-yourself-at-home clubs learn how to play poker in someones garage get a "F**K OFF WE'RE FULL" tattoo practice the aussie wave (swotting endless flies) ....and my favorite grow a rats tail pony tail Only one thing you find under a rats/ponies tail... (.......cue me ducking for cover to escape the flack. I'm sure someone will be along to describe a pommie clothed in a soccer shirt, etc....) |
Re: Any resource to learn Australian accent before landing there?
Originally Posted by legolasWood
(Post 7229600)
Hi
Do you know any resource which I can use to learn Australian accent before I go there? I heard that, for a non native, Australian accent is a bit hard to understand in comparison with American and British accent. Thanks. |
Re: Any resource to learn Australian accent before landing there?
Originally Posted by BadgeIsBack
(Post 7231467)
Maybe the OP is a non-native English speaker and needs more practise in listening to Australian accents than a Brit might. I think that they might be referring to the listening more than the speaking - but if they have used English in another English-speaking country maybe they would want to speak it a bit more authentically - or as is the case for many, have only ever learnt 'classroom' English from a non-native teacher.
We have had guests who have noticed the difference in the accent and have had varying degrees of success in being able to get on with it. Thanks |
Re: Any resource to learn Australian accent before landing there?
Originally Posted by Olibeneli
(Post 7231483)
Hang on, why not go the whole hog to fit in really well, you'll not need the accent then:
grow a pointy goatee beard throw away all shoes - walk barefoot everywhere only wear singlets start an interest in hanging out at brew-it-yourself-at-home clubs learn how to play poker in someones garage get a "F**K OFF WE'RE FULL" tattoo practice the aussie wave (swotting endless flies) ....and my favorite grow a rats tail pony tail Only one thing you find under a rats/ponies tail... (.......cue me ducking for cover to escape the flack. I'm sure someone will be along to describe a pommie clothed in a soccer shirt, etc....) |
Re: Any resource to learn Australian accent before landing there?
Originally Posted by legolasWood
(Post 7229600)
Hi
Do you know any resource which I can use to learn Australian accent before I go there? I heard that, for a non native, Australian accent is a bit hard to understand in comparison with American and British accent. Thanks. |
Re: Any resource to learn Australian accent before landing there?
Originally Posted by iamthecreaturefromuranus
(Post 7230659)
Brown yeast sandwich spread which Australians grow up on, but is regarded by most foreigners as "semi-toxic". Not that's fair dinkum :D |
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