wots it like
Dec 19th 2009, 8:49 am
#31
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Re: wots it like
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Yehp most difficult ones are really full on, barrah boy type Cockney...you dont get many of them though... even I can't understand them now and I'm from London ! Geordie and Glaswegian, Oh some of those Northern Irish can be difficult as well.. A fair proportion of people couldnt understand me when I first came here. There is a general difference between a Sarf London accent and a East London (Cockney accent) but mostly it's or was the words they/we use.
Have you ever heard a full on Wurzel.... (Somerset) now they are amusing
Nice accent though, try listening to them without smiling....The Aus accent seems to be a softened combination of Cockney/Irish and Wurzel to me.
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Have you ever heard a full on Wurzel.... (Somerset) now they are amusing
Nice accent though, try listening to them without smiling....The Aus accent seems to be a softened combination of Cockney/Irish and Wurzel to me.Sits back and waits for flack
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Dec 19th 2009, 11:37 am
#32
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Location: Ilukapool. WA
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Re: wots it like
If the locals have trouble understanding you then why not change the way you talk to make yourself easier to understand.
You wouldn't move to Spain or France and not bother learning the lingo (or at least I hope you wouldn't).
Just tone down your OTT accent and stop complaining that the locals don't understand you 'cos you sound like Rab C Nesbitt.
You wouldn't move to Spain or France and not bother learning the lingo (or at least I hope you wouldn't).
Just tone down your OTT accent and stop complaining that the locals don't understand you 'cos you sound like Rab C Nesbitt.
