What do you think of the Australian accent?
Jan 26th 2013, 3:22 am
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What do you think of the Australian accent?
I've seen there are some old Australian movies on TV today and can't help but notice the Australian accent of decades past seems a lot broader.
What do you think of the Australian accent? Do you think it has changed?
What do you think of the Australian accent? Do you think it has changed?
Jan 26th 2013, 3:51 am
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Re: What do you think of the Australian accent?
aussie accent? it's sexy. i luv when an aussie guy whispers on my ears.
Jan 26th 2013, 4:12 am
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Re: What do you think of the Australian accent?
What accent? Don't notice it nowadays
Jan 26th 2013, 4:22 am
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Re: What do you think of the Australian accent?
Btw, speaking of Australian movies... Romper Stomper's just started on Fox Classics if you want to watch it. 
Jan 26th 2013, 5:43 am
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Re: What do you think of the Australian accent?
Generally the accent is fine, it can be quite grating and I hate how many women go up at the end of words.
Jan 27th 2013, 9:21 am
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Re: What do you think of the Australian accent?
If you really want to hear how much the language and accent has changed, have a look at "Their A Wierd Mob". Amazing how the language has changed since the inclusion of so much "Americanism" and multi-cultural diversity into it.
Jan 27th 2013, 10:16 am
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Re: What do you think of the Australian accent?
US accent is changing. Watch old films from the 50s and 60s and they sound much more English. It's getting much more broad and slangy now. Aussie accent - well, which one? There's the edumacated one which is quite pleasant, then there's the Greater Bogan one which is... not.
Jan 27th 2013, 11:03 am
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Re: What do you think of the Australian accent?
The only Australian accent that annoys me is Julia Gillard's!!!!!!
If you clamped your hand over her mouth she would still be able to talk out of her nose!
If you clamped your hand over her mouth she would still be able to talk out of her nose!
Jan 28th 2013, 1:06 am
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Re: What do you think of the Australian accent?
Like Estuary English in the UK south, there has probably been a sort of mass accent arriving in the Australian burbs.
Jan 28th 2013, 5:33 am
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Re: What do you think of the Australian accent?
Great movie that one...... One of the best time capsuals I've seen I've seen Loved the bar scenes they looked like they were totally authentic. Malcolm was another good one from the early 70's
I really love the ABC type Australian accent especially on women.... not to enamoured with the bogan one though.
Jan 28th 2013, 5:47 am
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I love the Aussie accent(s).
Jan 28th 2013, 7:28 am
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Its not all that bad after listening to the Yorkshire accent me and hubby could not understand a word anyone said while back in the uk at xmas 
Jan 28th 2013, 9:35 am
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Re: What do you think of the Australian accent?
Great movie that one...... One of the best time capsuals I've seen I've seen Loved the bar scenes they looked like they were totally authentic. Malcolm was another good one from the early 70's
I really love the ABC type Australian accent especially on women.... not to enamoured with the bogan one though.
I really love the ABC type Australian accent especially on women.... not to enamoured with the bogan one though.
.On the other hand, the best British actor to do an accent was Richard Harris in "The Guns of Navarone".
Jan 28th 2013, 9:37 am
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Re: What do you think of the Australian accent?
Heard a clip on the radio the other day and both ROMFT and I thought he sounded more South African
Jan 28th 2013, 9:48 am
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Re: What do you think of the Australian accent?
Actors can train themselves to do different accents for whichever role they happen to be playing at the time. Nicole Kidman, for example, has done Irish and American accents amongst others.
