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| sebngwa3 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5957 days ago 200 posts - 217 votes  Speaks: Korean*, English | Message 1 of 31 07 January 2010 at 11:05pm | IP Logged | ||
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... and Australian English?
The accent sounds quite same to me. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| datsunking1 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5378 days ago 1014 posts - 1533 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Russian, Dutch, French | Message 2 of 31 07 January 2010 at 11:55pm | IP Logged | ||
I think they sound entirely different lol :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJkGJ5U2hvk (Australian) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM45TACI4H4 (English) this one is kinda funny :D 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| genini1 Senior Member United States Joined 5261 days ago 114 posts - 161 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 3 of 31 08 January 2010 at 12:28am | IP Logged | ||
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The accent's sound fairly similar to me but there are certain words that are emphasized in different area's that can make the difference. Every Australian I've met has put a lot of emphasis on the g in good for instance.
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| Halie Diglot Groupie United States Joined 5903 days ago 80 posts - 106 votes Speaks: English*, French | Message 4 of 31 08 January 2010 at 1:15am | IP Logged | ||
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I think they sound different. I'm not sure I could name why, but I can definitely tell the difference between a Brit and an Aussie. I think Australian accents are a bit rounder, if that makes sense.
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| cordelia0507 Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5631 days ago 1473 posts - 2176 votes Speaks: Swedish* Studies: German, Russian | Message 5 of 31 08 January 2010 at 1:15am | IP Logged | ||
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They are not the same at all. It's very easy to hear if someone is Australian as opposed to British. I hear it immediately in the case of the video, and I am not even a native English speaker. The Australian accent video is funny and the guy is very sympathetic! Good find, Datsunking!
Australian English is the subject of a fair number of jokes in England because it sounds so broad, but on the whole people here like Aussies very much. There are hundreds of different UK accents and many of them are very distinct. So it's a bit like comparing apples with pears. I would guess that the Australian accent was affected by the fact that a lot of the early "settlers" were Irish or Scottish. Personally I think Zimbabwe English is the coolest English (spoken by plenty of people currently in London due to the situation there... ) Followed by South African English as spoken by the members of the ZA rugby team and every other bartender in London... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZA9Iy8rFX0 The accent that I can't easily spot is New Zealand. I often get really surprised when someone says they are from there... I have met people from NZ and ZA who can speak very good RP style English when they want. Not sure how/why... But with such people I don't know their nationality unless they tell me. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| sebngwa3 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5957 days ago 200 posts - 217 votes Speaks: Korean*, English | Message 6 of 31 08 January 2010 at 2:22am | IP Logged | ||
What did they say? And which dialects are represented among the unintelligible three people? Edited by sebngwa3 on 08 January 2010 at 2:22am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Infinitive Newbie United Kingdom Joined 5261 days ago 4 posts - 5 votes Studies: German | Message 7 of 31 08 January 2010 at 4:19am | IP Logged | ||
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I'm British and have often had Americans think I'm Australian because of my accent, but Australian accents sound very distinct from mine to me. I'll admit though that I do the same for South African accents, hearing them at first as though they were Australian.
Kiwi English sounds sort of half-way between British and Australian. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Paskwc Pentaglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5470 days ago 450 posts - 624 votes Speaks: Hindi, Urdu*, Arabic (Levantine), French, English Studies: Persian, Spanish | Message 8 of 31 08 January 2010 at 7:01am | IP Logged | ||
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Australians always seem to sound happier and slightly more childish (not in a bad way).
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