Nes and yo. I think there are definitely regional variations, but they are no so distinct that you can instantly pick up where a person is from after just a few words. It usually takes a bit longer, and then it is often a case of some particular vocab, or some place names being said differently.
party_pants said:
Nes and yo. I think there are definitely regional variations, but they are no so distinct that you can instantly pick up where a person is from after just a few words. It usually takes a bit longer, and then it is often a case of some particular vocab, or some place names being said differently.
not so distinct
Country Tasmanian accents tend to sound particularly rustic.
Of course it is usually pretty easy to know if someone is from Melbourne, because they’ll tell you.
party_pants said:
party_pants said:
Nes and yo. I think there are definitely regional variations, but they are no so distinct that you can instantly pick up where a person is from after just a few words. It usually takes a bit longer, and then it is often a case of some particular vocab, or some place names being said differently.
not so distinct
Yes.
There may be a different slang word or they may daance in Fraance.
The cat from France likes to sing and dance
But my cat likes to hide in boxes
Apparently I’m British, according to the locals.
kii said:
Apparently I’m British, according to the locals.
You should be legally allowed to bayonet them for saying that.
kii said:
Apparently I’m British, according to the locals.
The locals here thought my north shore accent was English. I’ve moderated my accent toward Tasmanian a lot in the last few decades.
party_pants said:
kii said:
Apparently I’m British, according to the locals.
You should be legally allowed to bayonet them for saying that.
I mostly bung on a more English accent and make a comment about getting the Union Jack off my flag.
sarahs mum said:
kii said:
Apparently I’m British, according to the locals.
The locals here thought my north shore accent was English. I’ve moderated my accent toward Tasmanian a lot in the last few decades.
We also went to Very Proper girls’ high schools.
Yes
kii said:
sarahs mum said:
kii said:
Apparently I’m British, according to the locals.
The locals here thought my north shore accent was English. I’ve moderated my accent toward Tasmanian a lot in the last few decades.
We also went to Very Proper girls’ high schools.
I went to a government High School. The private girls schools in Victoria have a distinctive accent. When I moved to the Western District for work I could always tell which of the local women were grazier’s wives. I’m pretty sure it still happens.
buffy said:
kii said:
sarahs mum said:The locals here thought my north shore accent was English. I’ve moderated my accent toward Tasmanian a lot in the last few decades.
We also went to Very Proper girls’ high schools.
I went to a government High School. The private girls schools in Victoria have a distinctive accent. When I moved to the Western District for work I could always tell which of the local women were grazier’s wives. I’m pretty sure it still happens.
My high school is government, iirc so is sm’s.
Gloves, ties, berets and straw hats. Very Proper.
buffy said:
kii said:
sarahs mum said:The locals here thought my north shore accent was English. I’ve moderated my accent toward Tasmanian a lot in the last few decades.
We also went to Very Proper girls’ high schools.
I went to a government High School. The private girls schools in Victoria have a distinctive accent. When I moved to the Western District for work I could always tell which of the local women were grazier’s wives. I’m pretty sure it still happens.
IME Victorian accents aren’t as simple as to what school you went to. There will certainly be more Received Pronunciation from the hoity-toity lot but that is more about family background than school. Also the Catholic school system with its variety of income levels and the propensity of country boarders at Melbourne’s elite schools mean alumni are just as likely to sound like drovers as doctors.
Witty Rejoinder said:
buffy said:
kii said:We also went to Very Proper girls’ high schools.
I went to a government High School. The private girls schools in Victoria have a distinctive accent. When I moved to the Western District for work I could always tell which of the local women were grazier’s wives. I’m pretty sure it still happens.
IME Victorian accents aren’t as simple as to what school you went to. There will certainly be more Received Pronunciation from the hoity-toity lot but that is more about family background than school. Also the Catholic school system with its variety of income levels and the propensity of country boarders at Melbourne’s elite schools mean alumni are just as likely to sound like drovers as doctors.
But the gels from PLC and MLC are after the graziers, not the drovers…
buffy said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
buffy said:I went to a government High School. The private girls schools in Victoria have a distinctive accent. When I moved to the Western District for work I could always tell which of the local women were grazier’s wives. I’m pretty sure it still happens.
IME Victorian accents aren’t as simple as to what school you went to. There will certainly be more Received Pronunciation from the hoity-toity lot but that is more about family background than school. Also the Catholic school system with its variety of income levels and the propensity of country boarders at Melbourne’s elite schools mean alumni are just as likely to sound like drovers as doctors.
But the gels from PLC and MLC are after the graziers, not the drovers…
From Scotch and Wesley respectively but these are a tiny percentage of the private school cohort.
Stand back while I open the can of worms!
It used to be said you could tell the product of a Catholic school education from the way a person pronounced the letter ‘H’.
‘Haitch’ from the Catholic system. ‘Aitch’ from the others.
The ABC has a leg in both camps. (Or, shoud that be put as ‘straddles the fence’?)
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/radionational/archived/booksandarts/the-h-wars-aitch-or-haitch/7541200
AussieDJ said:
…should …
Stand back while I open the can of worms!It used to be said you could tell the product of a Catholic school education from the way a person pronounced the letter ‘H’.
‘Haitch’ from the Catholic system. ‘Aitch’ from the others.
The ABC has a leg in both camps. (Or, shoud that be put as ‘straddles the fence’?)
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/radionational/archived/booksandarts/the-h-wars-aitch-or-haitch/7541200
I was listening to a pre-tv film of an Australian prime minister from the Snowy Hydro era (Curtin or Chifley?).
Our PM then had a wildly different Australian accent to any that I’ve heard in my lifetime – an extremely Australian accent.
Was it TV, James Dibble etc., that saw the demise of the classic Australian accent? Or was it earlier than that?
mollwollfumble said:
I was listening to a pre-tv film of an Australian prime minister from the Snowy Hydro era (Curtin or Chifley?).Our PM then had a wildly different Australian accent to any that I’ve heard in my lifetime – an extremely Australian accent.
Was it TV, James Dibble etc., that saw the demise of the classic Australian accent? Or was it earlier than that?
Likely TV in every home. There was fear of Americanisation of the Aussie accent as the kids started picking up on the accents in the US shows.
Currently the yanks are worried about their kids getting Aussie accents from watching Bluey.
And possibly playing ‘cricket’ in their backyards! gasp