The Australian Accent...

[sengjc]

The British claim:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/11957994/Gday-mate-Lazy-Australian-accent-caused-by-alcoholic-slur-of-heavy-drinking-early-settlers.html

And the Australians retort:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-28/aussies-slur-their-words-because-our-forefathers-were-drunk/6892910?pfm=ms

[Jeremy Festa]

Cool

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[Jeremy Festa]

I mean, far canal mate that is outrageously entertaining and then informative!

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[Warren]

Or yeah, well fuggem, fuggem all.

I ope their chooks turn into emus and kick their dunny down.

Chuck us a tinny love, the footyz on.

[khamy]

After reading that slur on our culture i find myself parched with thirst.

glug glug glug ... BURRRP!!

flamin' drongo's.

to rite Wazza... fuggem all.

[perkinke]

That researcher thinks the Australian accent is bad? Should send them to talk to an old Brooklyn family!

[dangolf18]

Hmm..took those articles with a grain of salt. Accents have always interested me. Always wondered how American accents formed and what accent George Washington and his constituents had at the time. They must have had something similar to an English accent.

[soutso]

Isn't it obvious that when you mix a bunch of Brits - English, Irish, Welsh, Scottish; generations later you get an Aussie accent. Simple

[Rye]

Isn't it obvious that when you mix a bunch of Brits - English, Irish, Welsh, Scottish; generations later you get an Aussie accent. Simple

Send the same group to a cold climate, and voila! Canadian accent!

[Jeremy Festa]

I listened to this podcast the other day.

Pretty interesting to study modern trends https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/stuff-you-should-know/id278981407?mt=2&i=355150231

Like the comments on Aussie's modern impact on accent and style trends.

And when looking back, I personally always thought that even 1940-60's American radio sounded a little Englishy.

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[cigcars]

...and coming across this limp animal's body, I fancied; "Blimey - I think this bloke's kicked!" But, Crikey! I was wrong! G'day, mate!

[sengjc]

I speak:

- Aussie with an Asian-American accent,

- American with an English accent,

- English with a Malaysian/Singaporean accent,

- Malay with a Chinese accent, and

- Cantonese and Mandarin with a Westerner accent.

I am quite confused...

[Guest rob]

I speak:

- Aussie with an Asian-American accent,

- American with an English accent,

- English with a Malaysian/Singaporean accent,

- Malay with a Chinese accent, and

- Cantonese and Mandarin with a Westerner accent.

I am quite confused...

At least you don't speak like a bloody Queenslander !