Is the Australian accent easy to pick up? (living, vacation)
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Originally Posted by Derek40
Although I have not spent much time in Melbourne, having listened to many TV shows emanating out of Melbourne, I would say the accent is much broader than Sydney's.
Of course, I am not including bogan shows like Kath and Kim, or the uncultured accent of the Minogue sisters.
Nah the differences within cities and between country/city are much greater than between states. For instance, take the typical middle class suburban family. Whether they be in Perth, Melbourne or Brisbane they are going to roughly sound the same. Now compare someone from the North Shore, to someone from Campbelltown, and the different will be noticeable. Or someone from inner city Melbourne to someone in the Northwestern and Northern suburbs. I'd say overall, Melbourne and Sydney urban accents are a bit more watered down or 'progressive' than other accents, but they have their fair share of broad accents. Perth's accent isn't particularly strong. Of the capital cities, Hobart and then Brisbane probably average out as a bit stronger than the others. Young people with the broad accent are not uncommon in small country towns, but aren't so common in urban areas anymore, even in the 'poorer' areas.
there's absolutely no trace of a Welsh accent in Julia's accent. I'm from Wales - although I don't have a "welsh" accent - but Julia's from Barry which is very south walian. It does sound like she's trying too hard.
I don't find the Australian accent easy to pick up.
I've been here for over a year and get surprised that people pick out my accent as being foreign, often in 2-3 words.
Funny, but I do not consider being Canadian a part of my personal identity.
Being Canadian for me is coincidental.
Since being here, I don't hear Australian accents easily.
Funny I can listen to it unaware, but people pick me out immediately.
Canadian/American English is more different to Australian English than British English.
I would assume my accent has less than 10% Australian influence.
I'm still not sure how Australians say a few of their sounds; I'm missing some of the subtleties.
I can't believe anyone would try to sound like her on purpose!
It's probably a mix of welsh and Australian, that's she's picked up due to how her parents talk.
haha my sister does a dead on impression. Its hilarious, and mostly consists of "moving forward"
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Originally Posted by robertpolyglot
That said, I think that, after a certain age, you don't pick up the accent of another country. Look at all the immigrants who came over here (the US) in their 30s. People can still peg what country they came from in a heartbeat.
I agree. There are many people who have lived in Australia for 30-odd years and never picked up the accent... still have thick migrant accents...
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Originally Posted by cushla
Accents in young people have changed in the past 30years, depending on where they live and go to school, Northern and Western suburbs of Melbourne the young have been influenced by ethnic migrants. American TV programmes and movies.
*shudder* I can't stand that accent that you're referring to. I don't understand why they need to put that crappy accent on
I'd like to think my accent sounds mild to Aussies.
I've adopted "ba-non-ah" and "to-mah-to" for example.
The a's are the ones you have to pronounce differently right? Like think of the candian way of saying 'at' that a sound is more of an 'o' like in in ott. Vowels change the most I think.
The a's are the ones you have to pronounce differently right? Like think of the candian way of saying 'at' that a sound is more of an 'o' like in in ott. Vowels change the most I think.
actually in australia (and England) it's a mish-mash.
Some words with "a" sound the same,
others have "ah" sounds, rhyming with "father," instead of what we expect to hear
Ex: matter is never "mahtter" (motter), hand is never "hahnd"
my boyfriend is from Perth and I'm from the US and he always laughs so hard when I try to imitate and aussie accent. It's very difficult to mimic correctly.
However, I am now very good at telling who is fake and who isn't. People who are fake tend to pronounce Australia "AusTRAILya" whereas a true aussie would say "AuSTRAYlia"
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