Accent - Why?

[fightingirish69]

There is no accent world wide worse than a South African one.

yes a northern irish one.
thank f**k i lost mine

 

[Paullyboy]

Anyone who thinks they can pick an Adelaide or any accent from Australia is kidding themselves. I know you'll never learn though so I'll let you continue on your merry way.

 

[IanG]

Anyone who thinks they can pick an Adelaide or any accent from Australia is kidding themselves. I know you'll never learn though so I'll let you continue on your merry way.

Well I can. I know cause my ex is from Adelaide

 

[Didgi]

Anyone who thinks they can pick an Adelaide or any accent from Australia is kidding themselves. I know you'll never learn though so I'll let you continue on your merry way.

Naw, just because you can't

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

Has anyone seen this accent tag bullshit on youtube?

Jamaican - very respectable
http://youtu.be/lE1wZyxoVpE

Southern lmao "Jag-wire"
http://youtu.be/PVaz72SjXlU

Dutch lmao Cheesche
http://youtu.be/B8qcFfZZqNE

dunno,

New York accent does it for me, its an abomination of the English language

Everything Italian is an abomination but only the South African accent is worse than the NY Jewish accent.

Tie between saffer and indian...

Yeah Indian accents are shocking and why do they speak so damn fast aswell? Can't understand them at all.

Saaarth Effrican...it's such a bastard accent!

Literally. Darren Lockyer giving a speech after 100 minutes of a SOO match is music to my ears after I've heard a South African talk.

yes a northern irish one.
thank f**k i lost mine

My uncle is from Northern Ireland, nothing wrong with the accent tbh it's Much better than those geordies who speak like their tongue is swollen or the illiterate scousers likkkkke

The Welsh have a terrible accent.

 

[Mr Angry]

Hansie Cronje.

Love that name

 

[Joker's Wild]

Qlders say "orf" instead of "off" too

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Anyone who thinks they can pick an Adelaide or any accent from Australia is kidding themselves. I know you'll never learn though so I'll let you continue on your merry way.

Youse got no fricken idea mate.

 

[little_aza]

Qlders say "orf" instead of "off" too

Definitely have heard that "orf" thing many times before when living in Queensland.

After having a conversation with my born and bred Victorian girlfriend today about politics, I now have the word "werld" (world) to add to the horrible list of Victorianese abominations:
-Malbourne.
-Werld.
-Cassle.
In additon to this, she refers to swimmers as bathers. Having spent the first ten years of my life as a Sydneysider, I told her that I usually swim in swimmers, but generally bathe without clothing - I followed this statement by labeling her a "stupid Victorian" - sadly she didn't appreciate this! :lol: After moving from New South Wales to Queensland, I noted that they call them togs - arguably an even more geniused word.:crazy:

I've been told a couple of times from locals (Victorians) that I have a non-local accent - I usually say I probably have a mix of of accents in me. But from reading all of this, I can say that I thankfully have the least-geniused Australian accent: New South Wales English. I refuse to embrace any of the Victorian accent, and the only legacy of my 7 years of growing up in Queensland is the "aye" on the end of sentences - I wish I could get rid of this!!! :lol:

My father is now nearly 70yrs old. He was born in Auburn, raised both in The Shire and out west in Cowra, then spent much of his working life in Dragons' territory, and lived in Newtown just before he retired. His accent, like mine, is of the New South Wales variety...except for the word film, which he pronounces as "fill-m" - does anyone here know whether this pronunciation is a 1950's thing, a Sydneysider thing, or just a weird thing?

 

[Poul]

Hansie Cronje.

Love that name

I read somewhere that he is descended from French Huguenots, and the surname was originally Cronier.

 

[Cliffhanger]

Why does everybody hate the Seh Efrikan accent, I love it!

 

[sensesmaybenumbed]

My father is now nearly 70yrs old. He was born in Auburn, raised both in The Shire and out west in Cowra, then spent much of his working life in Dragons' territory, and lived in Newtown just before he retired. His accent, like mine, is of the New South Wales variety...except for the word film, which he pronounces as "fill-m" - does anyone here know whether this pronunciation is a 1950's thing, a Sydneysider thing, or just a weird thing?

From the people I've known of from that generation and some of their children, I'd guess it is a 1950's thing.
I agree that the NSW accent differs from the FNQ or Adelaide accents! Not to the extent that Texas differs from Boston or Baltimore, but still a clear difference to my ears.

 

[Twizzle]

Vics say pasties

NSW say parsties

 

[MKEB...]

try sitting in pub with a bunch of pissed Geordies. That'll show the strangest accent.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Vics say pasties

NSW say parsties

A scallop in Vicoland is called a potato cake.

 

[deluded pom?]

Vics say pasties

NSW say parsties

Parstie You NSW people must be descended from southern Poms. Here in the north we use flat vowels e.g bath not barth, dance not darnce and yes it's cassle not carssle. Accents, as the Canadian said "What's it all aboot?".

 

[Twizzle]

well we all descended from those who invented all the ball games and who are crap at most of them, our accents dont vary as much as the poms do

they can vary from county to county

I marrried a pom but thank god she speaks Australian

 

[Paullyboy]

Youse got no fricken idea mate.

Nah mate, it's people like you lot who are so determined to hear an accent that you convince yourself there is one when there is not. Obviously people have different pronounciations, but it's more a culture thing than a geographical thing. Trust me, I speak to people all over the country a lot and if you have a phone hookup with one person from each state I assure you, you wouldn't pick where they are from.

As I said though earlier, people that are determined enough on this subject, and for some reason some people are, will never learn.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Nah mate, it's people like you lot who are so determined to hear an accent that you convince yourself there is one when there is not. Obviously people have different pronounciations, but it's more a culture thing than a geographical thing. Trust me, I speak to people all over the country a lot and if you have a phone hookup with one person from each state I assure you, you wouldn't pick where they are from.

As I said though earlier, people that are determined enough on this subject, and for some reason some people are, will never learn.

I'll think you'll find that I posted nothing that inferred they're are different accents in Australia. I posted that they're are nuances and variations based on geography. I don't care how many people you talk to on the phone, I know from experience that people from different geographic locals have accent differences.

The world has changed - you do realise that just because you're speaking to someone from Cairns on the phone doesn't mean they were born and bred there.

 

[deluded pom?]

Can a genuine Aussie tell what part of England a Pom is from? I remember being over in Australia and I was talking to some Poms who were working over there and they, like me , often had to repeat what they had said to Australians whereas the Yanks don't have any problem with my accent.