Mad kitty!

This is an interesting thread, but could folks PLEASE trim the previous
discussion from it?? Or else top-post, or something? It's about 4
screenfuls to the bottom of the post where the new contribution is.

Thanks,
Joyce

Bobcat wrote:

"Kreisleriana" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 07:34:53 +1000, "Yowie"
yodeled:

"Kreisleriana" wrote in message
.. .
On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 11:13:56 +1000, "Yowie"
yodeled:

"Kreisleriana" wrote in message
.. .
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

Hey, you're from Brooklyn by way of the Ottawa Valley! (A lot of Irish
in the Valley lingo - I know, because both sides of my family came
from there.)



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This is an interesting thread, but could folks PLEASE trim the previous
discussion from it?? Or else top-post, or something? It's about 4
screenfuls to the bottom of the post where the new contribution is.

Thanks,
Joyce

Bobcat wrote:

"Kreisleriana" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 07:34:53 +1000, "Yowie"
yodeled:

"Kreisleriana" wrote in message
.. .
On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 11:13:56 +1000, "Yowie"
yodeled:

"Kreisleriana" wrote in message
.. .
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

Hey, you're from Brooklyn by way of the Ottawa Valley! (A lot of Irish
in the Valley lingo - I know, because both sides of my family came
from there.)



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"Cathi" wrote in message
...
In message , Yowie
writes
They say that while people have different accents whilst speaking, almost
every singer who sings in English *sings* with an American accent :-)

Yowie

((((The very wonderful Proclaimers))))

No way anyone could mistake their singing accents for American!

Yes, they're great! And I thinkthey prove once and for all that almost all
English-language singers sing with an American accent, because whent hey
*dont* they sound very different - which made the Proclaimers very famous.

Even songs which are supposed to be quintessentially Australian (such as
Australian Country music) still sound American. I don't notice most of the
time, but I do when its a particularly 'Australiana' type song.

Yowie

"Cathi" wrote in message
...
In message , Yowie
writes
They say that while people have different accents whilst speaking, almost
every singer who sings in English *sings* with an American accent :-)

Yowie

((((The very wonderful Proclaimers))))

No way anyone could mistake their singing accents for American!

Yes, they're great! And I thinkthey prove once and for all that almost all
English-language singers sing with an American accent, because whent hey
*dont* they sound very different - which made the Proclaimers very famous.

Even songs which are supposed to be quintessentially Australian (such as
Australian Country music) still sound American. I don't notice most of the
time, but I do when its a particularly 'Australiana' type song.

Yowie

"Cathi" wrote in message
...
In message , Yowie
writes
They say that while people have different accents whilst speaking, almost
every singer who sings in English *sings* with an American accent :-)

Yowie

((((The very wonderful Proclaimers))))

No way anyone could mistake their singing accents for American!

Yes, they're great! And I thinkthey prove once and for all that almost all
English-language singers sing with an American accent, because whent hey
*dont* they sound very different - which made the Proclaimers very famous.

Even songs which are supposed to be quintessentially Australian (such as
Australian Country music) still sound American. I don't notice most of the
time, but I do when its a particularly 'Australiana' type song.

Yowie

Cathi wrote:

((((The very wonderful Proclaimers))))

No way anyone could mistake their singing accents for American!


No way. And I think there are several Irish singers that sound Irish.


--
Marina, Frank and Nikki
marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki

Cathi wrote:

((((The very wonderful Proclaimers))))

No way anyone could mistake their singing accents for American!


No way. And I think there are several Irish singers that sound Irish.


--
Marina, Frank and Nikki
marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki

Cathi wrote:

((((The very wonderful Proclaimers))))

No way anyone could mistake their singing accents for American!


No way. And I think there are several Irish singers that sound Irish.


--
Marina, Frank and Nikki
marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki

Singh wrote in message ...


I understand that in the South, "Coke" is used for any type of carbonated drink,
including but not limited to Caca-Cola.

Blessed be,
Baha


I've heard comedians say this, but in 37 years in Georgia, I've never
heard anyone actually do this. When we say "Coke" that's what we
want. If we want something else, we'll say "Pepsi" or "Dr. Pepper" or
whatever.

------
Krista

Singh wrote in message ...


I understand that in the South, "Coke" is used for any type of carbonated drink,
including but not limited to Caca-Cola.

Blessed be,
Baha


I've heard comedians say this, but in 37 years in Georgia, I've never
heard anyone actually do this. When we say "Coke" that's what we
want. If we want something else, we'll say "Pepsi" or "Dr. Pepper" or
whatever.

------
Krista