Thread: Yanks Vs the Aussies and Brits

I've spoken to some americans who can't tell the difference between English and Australian accent its not that difficult.

How big is the regional variation of accents in the states and in Oz. I occasionally have trouble with yorkshire and newcastle type accents but not often, some people from liverpool just talk too damn fast, although they could all be on speed I suppose.

You do Govt. You roll your R's. "How arrr you going today?" Say it like that, and that's how you sound.

>>I've spoken to some americans who can't tell the difference between English and Australian accent its not that difficult.

Streuth!

Not huge - I've never really had trouble understanding people from other regions of the country unless they mumble or smth...

> You do Govt. You roll your R's. "How arrr you going today?" Say it like that, and that's how you sound.

lol - that sounds like a pirate... (one thing I will concede that I like about British English is the word bloody... I've actually been using that in everyday speech lately - it's gotten me some weird looks)

"How arrr you going today?"

That just looks/sounds cornish or west country to me.

Bloody hell mate, I think that's great!

Try saying streuth (strewth) when you feel like saying goddamn.

Streuth? That's a new one on me...

Does that work in all cases? IE - would "Streuth it" be considered an acceptable substitution for goddamn it?

When you go to lunch say "I'm off to get some tucker". When you go to fill up your car with gas say "I'm just going to pop down to the servo and get some petrol". When you are going to get a six-pack of beer cans. say "I'm gonna get some tinnies (tinease)

THe english language does seem to have an overdose on swear words, most tv and films seem to get stuck on "phuq" or "$hit" pardon the spellings.

Just out of interest, where did you pick up bloody from as a word.
I might just die laughing if its from Spike or Giles in Buffy.

I've had the occasionaly strange look for "cor blimey gov'nor" as an expression of surprise.

Strewth's a great word, as is bollocks.

I wonder how much of this will get censored, after all we're only talking about language and not beinbg offensive.

Does that work in all cases? IE - would "Streuth it" be considered an acceptable substitution for goddamn it?

Say bugger (bugher)

Bollocks - yeah that's a cool word.

Actually, bloody was mostly picked up from this board (along with my newfound compulsion to insert u's into random wourds... still needs practice)... That was kinda the reason I started this discussion in the first place. I've never watched Buffy, actually - it never looked like any good to me.

> "I'm just going to pop down to the servo and get some petrol"

I retract anything good I've ever said about you, [stealth]...


> Bollocks - yeah that's a cool word.

On yet another tangent, I was in Best Buy yesterday (picked up the new D&D game and was supposed to get a free PH with it, but they were out), and noticed the CD "Never mind the bollocks, it's the sex pistols" for a reasonably cheap price... I've heard good things about this - anyone here have it?

>>I retract anything good I've ever said about you, [stealth]...

Why?

I used it far too much over the summer, normally in reference to our abysmal Ashes performance.

>>I used it far too much over the summer, normally in reference to our abysmal Ashes performance.

Too many bloody warm beers mate, that's England's problem!