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Here's my kids (this pic is a little old)
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That would be me on a good day!Who Shot Sam? wrote:Think Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins.Jackson Monk wrote:Not being pedantic, but what is a 'British' accent???![]()
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I often wonder if other English speaking countries have the diversity of accents that Britain has. Geordie, West Country, West Midlands, Various Scottish accents (some of which are impenetrable!), Belfast and other Northern Irish, various Welsh accents, Cockney,scouse (Liverpool), Manchester, Yorkshire, East Midlands, Norfolk/Suffolk....etc etc.spooky girlfriend wrote:Okay, pretty much most UK accents get me going. Sorry to lump it under the term "British" accent.
Even 3 years ago when in Munich - the last night of Oktoberfest - a group of English guys sat down at our hotel bar and spent hours talking to me. I found it impossible to move. . . . .![]()
What about Queensland? Seems to me the accent up there is a lot thicker.bambooneedle wrote:I'm not aware of any accent differences here that are regional. I doubt there are any, whatever accent variations there are exist in every city and everywhere else in Australia.
I haven't been anywhere in Queensland other than in the Brisbane airport when we got fogged out of Sydney. One of my wife's work colleagues, who organizes this annual conference she attends, is from Brisbane and his accent seems really pronounced. We discussed it when I saw him in Melbourne and he said it's the equivalent of a Southern US accent.bambooneedle wrote:Now that you mention it... but I'm not even sure the difference is particularly regional, maybe it's just that a parochial aussie 'ocker' attitude (if that's what you're refering to, that "moaaate...") may be more prevalent there, even in Brisbane, not being as cosmopolitan as Sydney or Melbourne. But it's still prevalent elsewhere. Where did you go?
I'm running late, have to go.
As I travelled north to Brisbane and then Cairns I didn't notice much difference.Who Shot Sam? wrote:One of my wife's work colleagues, who organizes this annual conference she attends, is from Brisbane and his accent seems really pronounced. We discussed it when I saw him in Melbourne and he said it's the equivalent of a Southern US accent.