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Cheryl Perkins wrote:

Kreisleriana wrote:

The former Mr. T (an Aussie) had people remark to him that it must
be
cool to live in a country from where you could drive all over
Europe.
:P

I've heard that many people think that Australia and Austria are the
same
place, which would certainly lead to that kind of confusion!

--
Cheryl

Even funnier are the people who think that Australia and New Zealand
are
part of the same country or people who think New Zealand is a part of
Holland or Alaska. When we travelled around the US recently few
people
could pick our accents. They always began by thinking we were
English,
no, Australian then, nooo, then they gave up

Bev

"New Zealand: The Canada of Australia"

Forget New Zealand (I don't mean really)! That's beyond most of our
ken. In fact it was beyond my Aussie Mr. T's ken, too, but I think
that was on purpose. :P

I don't know it it is because I am so familiar with "down-under"
accents that I don't see why most Americans mistake them for English.
But I suppose that there are so many English accents that they think
that those just might be a couple more.

I guess its what you are used to hearing. If you hear lots of Aussie
accents, and a fair few Kiwi accents, you can pick the difference between
an
Aussie accent and a Kiwi one, and even the different Aussie accents (eg,
difference between a Melbourne accent and a Sydney accent). But if you
don't
here alot, you would probably hear them as similar.

For example, I, as an Aussie, cannot tell the diffence between the accent
of
Bridget, Hazel, Ginger-Lyn or Pam Shirk, and only barely recognise the
difference between those four and Grace's. However, they all come from
different parts of the USA and I'm sure that to their ears, their accents
would be quite distinct. I'm also sure that all Americans would find my
imitation of an American accent just as painful as us Aussies find
imitations of our Aussie accent [except for Meryl Streep, she got it
almost
100% right]. And an American imitating an Australian accent sounds
different
to Aussie ears than a Brit imitating an Aussie accent. I guess when
imitating a different accent, you accentuate the differences between the
other accent and your own, which is why they sound different.

Yowie

I once startled an unsuspecting Aussie here out of his socks by
pronouncing Canberra correctly.
swelling with pride

Thats Can-bra, like Mel-b'n (Melbourne) and Briz-b'n (Brisbane) .

The principle of the Aussie accent is that the longer you leave you mouth
open, the more likely it is that a fly will get in. So shorten everything
that can be shortened, and what can't be, mumble the last syllable or
syllables.

Yowie


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Cheryl Perkins wrote:

Kreisleriana wrote:

The former Mr. T (an Aussie) had people remark to him that it must
be
cool to live in a country from where you could drive all over
Europe.
:P

I've heard that many people think that Australia and Austria are the
same
place, which would certainly lead to that kind of confusion!

--
Cheryl

Even funnier are the people who think that Australia and New Zealand
are
part of the same country or people who think New Zealand is a part of
Holland or Alaska. When we travelled around the US recently few
people
could pick our accents. They always began by thinking we were
English,
no, Australian then, nooo, then they gave up

Bev

"New Zealand: The Canada of Australia"

Forget New Zealand (I don't mean really)! That's beyond most of our
ken. In fact it was beyond my Aussie Mr. T's ken, too, but I think
that was on purpose. :P

I don't know it it is because I am so familiar with "down-under"
accents that I don't see why most Americans mistake them for English.
But I suppose that there are so many English accents that they think
that those just might be a couple more.

I guess its what you are used to hearing. If you hear lots of Aussie
accents, and a fair few Kiwi accents, you can pick the difference between
an
Aussie accent and a Kiwi one, and even the different Aussie accents (eg,
difference between a Melbourne accent and a Sydney accent). But if you
don't
here alot, you would probably hear them as similar.

For example, I, as an Aussie, cannot tell the diffence between the accent
of
Bridget, Hazel, Ginger-Lyn or Pam Shirk, and only barely recognise the
difference between those four and Grace's. However, they all come from
different parts of the USA and I'm sure that to their ears, their accents
would be quite distinct. I'm also sure that all Americans would find my
imitation of an American accent just as painful as us Aussies find
imitations of our Aussie accent [except for Meryl Streep, she got it
almost
100% right]. And an American imitating an Australian accent sounds
different
to Aussie ears than a Brit imitating an Aussie accent. I guess when
imitating a different accent, you accentuate the differences between the
other accent and your own, which is why they sound different.

Yowie

I once startled an unsuspecting Aussie here out of his socks by
pronouncing Canberra correctly.
swelling with pride

Thats Can-bra, like Mel-b'n (Melbourne) and Briz-b'n (Brisbane) .

The principle of the Aussie accent is that the longer you leave you mouth
open, the more likely it is that a fly will get in. So shorten everything
that can be shortened, and what can't be, mumble the last syllable or
syllables.

Yowie


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On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 11:13:56 +1000, "Yowie"
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"Kreisleriana" wrote in message
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On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 07:48:18 +1300, Bev yodeled:

Cheryl Perkins wrote:

Kreisleriana wrote:

The former Mr. T (an Aussie) had people remark to him that it must
be
cool to live in a country from where you could drive all over
Europe.
:P

I've heard that many people think that Australia and Austria are the
same
place, which would certainly lead to that kind of confusion!

--
Cheryl

Even funnier are the people who think that Australia and New Zealand
are
part of the same country or people who think New Zealand is a part of
Holland or Alaska. When we travelled around the US recently few
people
could pick our accents. They always began by thinking we were
English,
no, Australian then, nooo, then they gave up

Bev

"New Zealand: The Canada of Australia"

Forget New Zealand (I don't mean really)! That's beyond most of our
ken. In fact it was beyond my Aussie Mr. T's ken, too, but I think
that was on purpose. :P

I don't know it it is because I am so familiar with "down-under"
accents that I don't see why most Americans mistake them for English.
But I suppose that there are so many English accents that they think
that those just might be a couple more.

I guess its what you are used to hearing. If you hear lots of Aussie
accents, and a fair few Kiwi accents, you can pick the difference between
an
Aussie accent and a Kiwi one, and even the different Aussie accents (eg,
difference between a Melbourne accent and a Sydney accent). But if you
don't
here alot, you would probably hear them as similar.

For example, I, as an Aussie, cannot tell the diffence between the accent
of
Bridget, Hazel, Ginger-Lyn or Pam Shirk, and only barely recognise the
difference between those four and Grace's. However, they all come from
different parts of the USA and I'm sure that to their ears, their accents
would be quite distinct. I'm also sure that all Americans would find my
imitation of an American accent just as painful as us Aussies find
imitations of our Aussie accent [except for Meryl Streep, she got it
almost
100% right]. And an American imitating an Australian accent sounds
different
to Aussie ears than a Brit imitating an Aussie accent. I guess when
imitating a different accent, you accentuate the differences between the
other accent and your own, which is why they sound different.

Yowie

I once startled an unsuspecting Aussie here out of his socks by
pronouncing Canberra correctly.
swelling with pride

Thats Can-bra, like Mel-b'n (Melbourne) and Briz-b'n (Brisbane) .

The principle of the Aussie accent is that the longer you leave you mouth
open, the more likely it is that a fly will get in. So shorten everything
that can be shortened, and what can't be, mumble the last syllable or
syllables.

Yowie


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On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 11:13:56 +1000, "Yowie"
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"Kreisleriana" wrote in message
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On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 07:48:18 +1300, Bev
yodeled:

Cheryl Perkins wrote:

Kreisleriana wrote:

The former Mr. T (an Aussie) had people remark to him that
it must
be
cool to live in a country from where you could drive all
over
Europe.
:P

I've heard that many people think that Australia and Austria
are the
same
place, which would certainly lead to that kind of confusion!

--
Cheryl

Even funnier are the people who think that Australia and New
Zealand
are
part of the same country or people who think New Zealand is a
part of
Holland or Alaska. When we travelled around the US recently
few
people
could pick our accents. They always began by thinking we
were
English,
no, Australian then, nooo, then they gave up

Bev

"New Zealand: The Canada of Australia"

Forget New Zealand (I don't mean really)! That's beyond most
of our
ken. In fact it was beyond my Aussie Mr. T's ken, too, but I
think
that was on purpose. :P

I don't know it it is because I am so familiar with
"down-under"
accents that I don't see why most Americans mistake them for
English.
But I suppose that there are so many English accents that they
think
that those just might be a couple more.

I guess its what you are used to hearing. If you hear lots of
Aussie
accents, and a fair few Kiwi accents, you can pick the difference
between
an
Aussie accent and a Kiwi one, and even the different Aussie
accents (eg,
difference between a Melbourne accent and a Sydney accent). But
if you
don't
here alot, you would probably hear them as similar.

For example, I, as an Aussie, cannot tell the diffence between
the accent
of
Bridget, Hazel, Ginger-Lyn or Pam Shirk, and only barely
recognise the
difference between those four and Grace's. However, they all come
from
different parts of the USA and I'm sure that to their ears, their
accents
would be quite distinct. I'm also sure that all Americans would
find my
imitation of an American accent just as painful as us Aussies
find
imitations of our Aussie accent [except for Meryl Streep, she got
it
almost
100% right]. And an American imitating an Australian accent
sounds
different
to Aussie ears than a Brit imitating an Aussie accent. I guess
when
imitating a different accent, you accentuate the differences
between the
other accent and your own, which is why they sound different.

Yowie

I once startled an unsuspecting Aussie here out of his socks by
pronouncing Canberra correctly.
swelling with pride

Thats Can-bra, like Mel-b'n (Melbourne) and Briz-b'n (Brisbane) .

The principle of the Aussie accent is that the longer you leave you
mouth
open, the more likely it is that a fly will get in. So shorten
everything
that can be shortened, and what can't be, mumble the last syllable
or
syllables.
Yowie

Ditto for the Canucks. Here we do it because of the black flies in the
rural areas - hence, Tranna, my home town. When Conan O'Brien
originated his late-night show here we enjoyed how he called it
"Toe-rahn-toe!" with all the syllables.

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"Kreisleriana" wrote in message
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On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 07:48:18 +1300, Bev
yodeled:

Cheryl Perkins wrote:

Kreisleriana wrote:

The former Mr. T (an Aussie) had people remark to him that
it must
be
cool to live in a country from where you could drive all
over
Europe.
:P

I've heard that many people think that Australia and Austria
are the
same
place, which would certainly lead to that kind of confusion!

--
Cheryl

Even funnier are the people who think that Australia and New
Zealand
are
part of the same country or people who think New Zealand is a
part of
Holland or Alaska. When we travelled around the US recently
few
people
could pick our accents. They always began by thinking we
were
English,
no, Australian then, nooo, then they gave up

Bev

"New Zealand: The Canada of Australia"

Forget New Zealand (I don't mean really)! That's beyond most
of our
ken. In fact it was beyond my Aussie Mr. T's ken, too, but I
think
that was on purpose. :P

I don't know it it is because I am so familiar with
"down-under"
accents that I don't see why most Americans mistake them for
English.
But I suppose that there are so many English accents that they
think
that those just might be a couple more.

I guess its what you are used to hearing. If you hear lots of
Aussie
accents, and a fair few Kiwi accents, you can pick the difference
between
an
Aussie accent and a Kiwi one, and even the different Aussie
accents (eg,
difference between a Melbourne accent and a Sydney accent). But
if you
don't
here alot, you would probably hear them as similar.

For example, I, as an Aussie, cannot tell the diffence between
the accent
of
Bridget, Hazel, Ginger-Lyn or Pam Shirk, and only barely
recognise the
difference between those four and Grace's. However, they all come
from
different parts of the USA and I'm sure that to their ears, their
accents
would be quite distinct. I'm also sure that all Americans would
find my
imitation of an American accent just as painful as us Aussies
find
imitations of our Aussie accent [except for Meryl Streep, she got
it
almost
100% right]. And an American imitating an Australian accent
sounds
different
to Aussie ears than a Brit imitating an Aussie accent. I guess
when
imitating a different accent, you accentuate the differences
between the
other accent and your own, which is why they sound different.

Yowie

I once startled an unsuspecting Aussie here out of his socks by
pronouncing Canberra correctly.
swelling with pride

Thats Can-bra, like Mel-b'n (Melbourne) and Briz-b'n (Brisbane) .

The principle of the Aussie accent is that the longer you leave you
mouth
open, the more likely it is that a fly will get in. So shorten
everything
that can be shortened, and what can't be, mumble the last syllable
or
syllables.
Yowie

Ditto for the Canucks. Here we do it because of the black flies in the
rural areas - hence, Tranna, my home town. When Conan O'Brien
originated his late-night show here we enjoyed how he called it
"Toe-rahn-toe!" with all the syllables.

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"Kreisleriana" wrote in message
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On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 07:48:18 +1300, Bev
yodeled:

Cheryl Perkins wrote:

Kreisleriana wrote:

The former Mr. T (an Aussie) had people remark to him that
it must
be
cool to live in a country from where you could drive all
over
Europe.
:P

I've heard that many people think that Australia and Austria
are the
same
place, which would certainly lead to that kind of confusion!

--
Cheryl

Even funnier are the people who think that Australia and New
Zealand
are
part of the same country or people who think New Zealand is a
part of
Holland or Alaska. When we travelled around the US recently
few
people
could pick our accents. They always began by thinking we
were
English,
no, Australian then, nooo, then they gave up

Bev

"New Zealand: The Canada of Australia"

Forget New Zealand (I don't mean really)! That's beyond most
of our
ken. In fact it was beyond my Aussie Mr. T's ken, too, but I
think
that was on purpose. :P

I don't know it it is because I am so familiar with
"down-under"
accents that I don't see why most Americans mistake them for
English.
But I suppose that there are so many English accents that they
think
that those just might be a couple more.

I guess its what you are used to hearing. If you hear lots of
Aussie
accents, and a fair few Kiwi accents, you can pick the difference
between
an
Aussie accent and a Kiwi one, and even the different Aussie
accents (eg,
difference between a Melbourne accent and a Sydney accent). But
if you
don't
here alot, you would probably hear them as similar.

For example, I, as an Aussie, cannot tell the diffence between
the accent
of
Bridget, Hazel, Ginger-Lyn or Pam Shirk, and only barely
recognise the
difference between those four and Grace's. However, they all come
from
different parts of the USA and I'm sure that to their ears, their
accents
would be quite distinct. I'm also sure that all Americans would
find my
imitation of an American accent just as painful as us Aussies
find
imitations of our Aussie accent [except for Meryl Streep, she got
it
almost
100% right]. And an American imitating an Australian accent
sounds
different
to Aussie ears than a Brit imitating an Aussie accent. I guess
when
imitating a different accent, you accentuate the differences
between the
other accent and your own, which is why they sound different.

Yowie

I once startled an unsuspecting Aussie here out of his socks by
pronouncing Canberra correctly.
swelling with pride

Thats Can-bra, like Mel-b'n (Melbourne) and Briz-b'n (Brisbane) .

The principle of the Aussie accent is that the longer you leave you
mouth
open, the more likely it is that a fly will get in. So shorten
everything
that can be shortened, and what can't be, mumble the last syllable
or
syllables.
Yowie

Ditto for the Canucks. Here we do it because of the black flies in the
rural areas - hence, Tranna, my home town. When Conan O'Brien
originated his late-night show here we enjoyed how he called it
"Toe-rahn-toe!" with all the syllables.

(unless someone really does want soft drink mixed into
their Scotch and Soda ^_^)

Scotch???????????????

Single malt, please. I like Oban. Neat.


Theresa
Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh
My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com

DH cringes when people even think about desecrating a single malt (blended
scotches are not to be tolerated)
His favorite is Glenmorangie. I can never remember if it's the port or
sherry finish that he likes best but the current bottle is 15yr Rare
Malt...... smooooth
--
Elise (supervised by Gossamer & Jeeves)
dragonandthistle at snet dot net

(unless someone really does want soft drink mixed into
their Scotch and Soda ^_^)

Scotch???????????????

Single malt, please. I like Oban. Neat.


Theresa
Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh
My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com

DH cringes when people even think about desecrating a single malt (blended
scotches are not to be tolerated)
His favorite is Glenmorangie. I can never remember if it's the port or
sherry finish that he likes best but the current bottle is 15yr Rare
Malt...... smooooth
--
Elise (supervised by Gossamer & Jeeves)
dragonandthistle at snet dot net

(unless someone really does want soft drink mixed into
their Scotch and Soda ^_^)

Scotch???????????????

Single malt, please. I like Oban. Neat.


Theresa
Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh
My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com

DH cringes when people even think about desecrating a single malt (blended
scotches are not to be tolerated)
His favorite is Glenmorangie. I can never remember if it's the port or
sherry finish that he likes best but the current bottle is 15yr Rare
Malt...... smooooth
--
Elise (supervised by Gossamer & Jeeves)
dragonandthistle at snet dot net

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On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 11:13:56 +1000, "Yowie"
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"Kreisleriana" wrote in message
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On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 07:48:18 +1300, Bev yodeled:

Cheryl Perkins wrote:

Kreisleriana wrote:

The former Mr. T (an Aussie) had people remark to him that it must
be
cool to live in a country from where you could drive all over
Europe.
:P

I've heard that many people think that Australia and Austria are the
same
place, which would certainly lead to that kind of confusion!

--
Cheryl

Even funnier are the people who think that Australia and New Zealand
are
part of the same country or people who think New Zealand is a part of
Holland or Alaska. When we travelled around the US recently few
people
could pick our accents. They always began by thinking we were
English,
no, Australian then, nooo, then they gave up

Bev

"New Zealand: The Canada of Australia"

Forget New Zealand (I don't mean really)! That's beyond most of our
ken. In fact it was beyond my Aussie Mr. T's ken, too, but I think
that was on purpose. :P

I don't know it it is because I am so familiar with "down-under"
accents that I don't see why most Americans mistake them for English.
But I suppose that there are so many English accents that they think
that those just might be a couple more.

I guess its what you are used to hearing. If you hear lots of Aussie
accents, and a fair few Kiwi accents, you can pick the difference between
an
Aussie accent and a Kiwi one, and even the different Aussie accents (eg,
difference between a Melbourne accent and a Sydney accent). But if you
don't
here alot, you would probably hear them as similar.

For example, I, as an Aussie, cannot tell the diffence between the accent
of
Bridget, Hazel, Ginger-Lyn or Pam Shirk, and only barely recognise the
difference between those four and Grace's. However, they all come from
different parts of the USA and I'm sure that to their ears, their accents
would be quite distinct. I'm also sure that all Americans would find my
imitation of an American accent just as painful as us Aussies find
imitations of our Aussie accent [except for Meryl Streep, she got it
almost
100% right]. And an American imitating an Australian accent sounds
different
to Aussie ears than a Brit imitating an Aussie accent. I guess when
imitating a different accent, you accentuate the differences between the
other accent and your own, which is why they sound different.

Yowie

I once startled an unsuspecting Aussie here out of his socks by
pronouncing Canberra correctly.
swelling with pride

Thats Can-bra, like Mel-b'n (Melbourne) and Briz-b'n (Brisbane) .

After living many years with a man from Melbn, I still get a little
jarred when I hear my countrypeople say (as they will) Mel-bourne.

The principle of the Aussie accent is that the longer you leave you mouth
open, the more likely it is that a fly will get in. So shorten everything
that can be shortened, and what can't be, mumble the last syllable or
syllables.

Carn!


Theresa
Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh
My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com