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:

[lakeland27]

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@imastawka wrote:

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@lakeland27 wrote:

 Deli , Dairy and corner shop.

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 Do any of these still exist anywhere?

I mourn their demise in my area

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 theres one not too far away from me , fine if you want to pay $5.10 for 3 litres of milk

[the*scarlet*pimpernel]

Granting Sunday trading to the big supermarkets killed them off. The last one in my area closed last year.

[joz*garage]

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@lakeland27 wrote:

 Deli , Dairy and corner shop.

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deli has taken on a new meaning, i remember them in the early days as euro meat shops in n.s.w and qld

[serendipityricho]

Corner stores have disappeared  Stawka-shame.

-now what about the state differences of.....beer sizes..........

...........schooner...pot ...handle..middy..pony..seven..glass..butchers etc.

Richo.

[imastawka]

 theres one not too far away from me , fine if you want to pay $5.10 for 3 litres of milk

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It costs me $1.79 to catch a bus -  so -  swings, merry-go-rounds

[the*scarlet*pimpernel]

carton, box, slab

[pct001wine]

Too right - a SA schooner is only middy-sized, an SA pint is only schooner-sized (3/4 pint), and a butcher (or pony), well they are only for spivs and publicans

[lakeland27]

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@imastawka wrote:

 theres one not too far away from me , fine if you want to pay $5.10 for 3 litres of milk

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It costs me $1.79 to catch a bus -  so -  swings, merry-go-rounds

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i guess the drive to the supermarket would add up to about the same. . the thing is to remember to buy it when i'm near the supermarket .

[joz*garage]

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@imastawka wrote:

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@lakeland27 wrote:

 Deli , Dairy and corner shop.

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 Do any of these still exist anywhere?

I mourn their demise in my area

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i think when servos changed to self serve and offered just about anything a lunch bar would may have caused their dimise too

i have to travel to get to my favs and they do change management frequently

theres one in queens park an indian took over, i go there for his cooked take'a'ways, mmm

[imastawka]

joz,  I had a servo a block away - nice and handy for those forgotten items.

They closed because no one would work there.  They kept getting robbed