01-20-2003, 09:36 PM | #1 |
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I've always wondered this:
Say an Aussie and a Californian are in a room together, talking. Now, would the Aussie think the Californian has a funny accent, or is completely void of one? I think it would be a funny accent, if I were born in Aussie. But my mother seems to think they would think we are lacking of accents. So i figured I'd ask people who are actually living in Aussie. People with non-calif accents are welcome to add their opinions as well
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01-20-2003, 09:44 PM | #2 |
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Y'all need ta git 'n accent. Y'all sehm rellah bland.
Now git offah mah propahty! *fires shotgun and releases dogs*
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01-20-2003, 09:46 PM | #3 |
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Californians have accents, they just don't realise it. Most people don't realise that they have accents, they just think everyone else has [img]smile.gif[/img]
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01-20-2003, 09:53 PM | #4 |
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That makes sense, I think. Given I think accents from Europe and around there as well as Australian and New Zeland are very sexy
But i suppose as long as you think that you don't think you have an accent, you don't, but everybody else does [img]tongue.gif[/img] *confusing myself*
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01-20-2003, 09:53 PM | #5 |
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Californians have accents, everybody has accents - your own accent just seems natural to you.
To clinch this, listen to a Valley Girl. Like, whatEVerrr!
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01-20-2003, 10:20 PM | #6 |
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Surely everyone has an accent? However you pronounce words, that's your accent... isn't it? Wow the concept of no accent is kind of boggling! What would that sound like I wonder? No, nothing I think, makes no sense [img]tongue.gif[/img]
Of course, I wouldn't think they had a funny accent, just a different one .
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01-20-2003, 10:45 PM | #7 |
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united states accents depend on what region you live in. I've lived in Ohio all my life but when "outsiders" move to Ohio I can tell what region they are from, from their accent. Accents are everywhere
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01-20-2003, 11:03 PM | #8 |
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I think that there is a differance between accent and dialect. I think aussies have the coolest dialect of them all. Within the US, we have a large variety of accents, but only one dialect. At least thats how I look at it, I could be wrong.
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01-21-2003, 06:05 AM | #10 |
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I agree with Bluesy here - I spent my early childhood in Ohio, then adolescence in Los Angeles, then moved to Sydney when I was 15 (almost half my lifetime ago). I've still kept my generic Californian accent, which is to say that I have a neutral American accent (like a TV presenter). Of course, within California itself there are a number of accents, depending on where you are - but the majority of Ozzies are too tone-deaf to distinguish between disparate North American accents - anything with more drawl than a Texan accent and they're lost. [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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