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Originally Posted by other99
Well I find the people of Queensland have an slightly different accent compared to other states. Also there is an NSW accent. Victoria accent and South Australian accent. Not sure with Western Australian accent either.
I can sometimes tell someone who grew up in NSW or Queensland by the way they say words like 'dance', 'pants', not just the fact they don't don't say 'dahns' as often as say, South Aussies, but there's a certain quality about it.
I wouldn't say WA has an accent or even a semblance of one, apart from how we supposedly say 'beer' as 'bee-ah', which I've heard all over the country. The fact most people are from elsewhere in Oz or overseas probably explains that. Someone else was asking if Australia was the largest area with a single accent and no doubt that's true, a legacy of the fact most of the population developed in a few colonies separated by long distances and more connected to the sea and each other than much of the hinterland, less accessible in those days.
Someone else was asking if Australia was the largest area with a single accent and no doubt that's true, a legacy of the fact most of the population developed in a few colonies separated by long distances and more connected to the sea and each other than much of the hinterland, less accessible in those days.
Interesting explanation for that, thanks. Yes, we have no "Midwest" or "Prairie" accent like the US and Canada. Coast to coast we sound much the same. Eastern US or Canada is vastly different to their west coasts whereas ours is so similar as to be indiscernible to most people. The Kiwis have more distinctness with their North Island / South Island accent differences as well as the Maori accent.
Geez if somebody asked me what poloney was, I would have had a wild guess and said its a remote island in Polonesia, the ball they hit around in a game of polo, or something like that, but processed meat?
Geez if somebody asked me what poloney was, I would have had a wild guess and said its a remote island in Polonesia, the ball they hit around in a game of polo, or something like that, but processed meat?
Depending on where you are in Oz it might be called:
- Fritz
- Empire sausage
- Polony
- Devon
- Luncheon
- Belgian
- Rokeby roast
My favourite (and definately the most appetising sounding) is wheel meat.
I've lived here almost 12 years and I didn't know that!
Probably because I've always known it as mortadella, sopressa, prosciutto, copa, etc. Or if I wanted a Skip type sanger ... ham. I didn't know that was the generic name for sandwich meats and that it varies state to state. Interesting stuff you learn here.
I've lived here almost 12 years and I didn't know that!
Probably because I've always known it as mortadella, sopressa, prosciutto, copa, etc. Or if I wanted a Skip type sanger ... ham.
Me to acutally, of the list BCC gave Luncheon would certainly be the one i would use.
Maybe i should start travelling in my own country a bit more. Who knows what other wonderfull words and phrases the Southerners and Westerners use.
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I've lived here almost 12 years and I didn't know that! 
