Aussies Used Talk Different

[icyfroth]

Watching the Australian Story on Andrew "Boy" Charlton last night it struck me how the newsreaders of the day had a much "plummier"

accent.

Almost  but quite quite the "pommy" rrrrrowwnded vowels. Distinctly Orstrelian.

We've relaxed a lot since then and grown into our own accent.

But it's nice to listen to the way the old narrators and newsreaders used to speak in their formal way. God forbid they should use the accent of the broader aussie population

Here's an example:

[icyfroth]

Looking forward to it.

Can't be much different to Western Sydney.

[lakeland27]

it was a no go zone when i was a teenager .. south road was the mason -dixon line.

[freshwater-2]

Icy, back in those days the sound recording, and microphones were very different from what they are today.

The tended to accentuate the accent,, making the oz accent hard to understand,

Most of the newsreaders, etc.  were chosen for their Southern English accents which were easy to understand.

Even the early days of tv here they did the same.

With the change in techology, there is no hollow bounce back, and makes our accent easy to understand.

I must say that when I returned to Australia after 17 years away I had difficulty in understanding some of the aircraft cabin crew.

Although I deliberatey made the effort to keep my Australian accent I had grown accustomed to the many USA accents.

No matter how educated you are, and how well you speak....the Australian accent if quite strong and very individual

 I love it !!

[lind9650]

In 1964 when I came to Victoria, I had to go to a Police Station for some personal things. The Officer asked me where I came from, and I told him the country in Europe I migrated from. No - he said - I mean here in Australia. When I told him I lived in Coober Pedy for the last four years, he nodded his head and sid; "I thought so. Central Australians speak much slower than the rest of us."

Even today, if anyone is a fast talker, I can hardly follow their conversation.

Yes, even Aussies have dialects.

What we Victorians call a suitcase, in NSW it is a Port. I could go on with other expressions, but It would take all night.

Erica 😉

[boris1gary]

Erica, maybe because it's so hot.

[boris1gary]

did anyone see russell crowe, it was on some american interview show, he was saying that australians don't open their mouths very wide while talking and this is because of the flies, he got the interviewer to try it and he sounded just like an australian. 

[buzzlightyearsgirlfriend]

It appears some Australians also use grammar different. 

[kilroy_is_here]

There is actually 8 different dialects in Australia

[acacia_pycnantha]

Accents may be, but dialects?

[lyndal1838]

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@lind9650 wrote:

What we Victorians call a suitcase, in NSW it is a Port. I could go on with other expressions, but It would take all night.

Erica 😉

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That is very generalised Erica.  I lived for 21 years in the eastern suburbs of Sydney and have lived for 44 years and counting in a south eastern suburb of Sydney and never have I heard a suitcase called a port.

What part of NSW were you referring to?