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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.) -- To reply privately, take the X's out of my user ID. |
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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.) -- To reply privately, take the X's out of my user ID. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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