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:

[j*oono]

I have never heard of a scallop being called a potato cake or vice versa.  Flake and gummy shark I'm not sure. You just don't hear of flake any more except maybe you still do in a fish and chip shop but everyone knew that flake was shark anyway.

Edit: LOL I don't think they sell chops at the chippie.  

[lakeland27]

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@joz*garage wrote:

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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

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in melbourne they were milk bars , in adelaide the same thing was a deli. then there was the continental delicatessen with smallgoods and cheeses , coffee and rather stiff-looking fish hanging around.  it's starting to make me dizzy.

[imastawka]

Brad and Dale had a debate over scallop/potato cake on The Block.

Dale argued that a scallop is not made from potatoes and Brad

argued that cakes are not made from potatoes either

lol

[joz*garage]

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@lakeland27 wrote:

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@joz*garage wrote:

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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

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in melbourne they were milk bars , in adelaide the same thing was a deli. then there was the continental delicatessen with smallgoods and cheeses , coffee and rather stiff-looking fish hanging around.  it's starting to make me dizzy.

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milk bar"? haha, i do actually remember a shop sign here years ago in vic park

there was a genuine deli walking distance from my previous house in wilson, so handy and it was like i was in heaven, lol

forget the shop title though, it was kinda hidden away they sold stuff mainly to wholesalers

[lakeland27]

 i preferred fish and chop shop , i had this picture of fishermen tearing stolen subaru's apart in the off season in my head

[the*scarlet*pimpernel]

Potato scallops here.  Flake was always a fancy name for shark.

What about pluto pups and dagwood dogs.

[lakeland27]

sounds like a good shop joz,  a shop without a heap of signage probably got by on good products and services

[j*oono]

Oh, I get it.  We do have potato scallops.  They are battered potato cakes.  Scallops are just scallops.

[joz*garage]

yep LL, they would offer meats from such and such a country and say you gotta try this.

word of mouth.. i would say, and i recommended them to quite a few people including my mother!

scallops here too, like a huge round chip

[icyfroth]

scallops here in nsw never heard them called potato cakes til I live in Melbourne for a while. Asked for scallops in a Springvale fish n chip shop and got these horrible little orangley snaily fishy smelling things in batter. erk.