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:

[lurker17260]

What effect does media have on accent?
We have an a real estate advert running currently where someone badly mispronounces a local town. Everyone I have spoken to locally hates the way she says it, but it is the way out-of-towers are hearing it. How long until her accent takes over?

[kilroy_is_here]

**bleep** joz your a Wilson girl , as in Perth Wilson?

[joz*garage]

rented in manning road, wilson for a few years kilroy. then bought my first house in flemming ave wilson - yes in perth

not originally from wilson though, rented many houses prior to that in many other suburbs, always on the south side

where abouts are you kilroy?

[kilroy_is_here]

I am an old Wilson boy , now over riverton way

[joz*garage]

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@kilroy_is_here wrote:
I am an old Wilson boy , now over riverton way

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i'm in maddington now, maybe we can get together some day for a coffee

i came from the eastern states, family settled here near on 40 years ago

[imastawka]

Hey, joz, did ya miss this bit?

**bleep** joz your a Wilson girl , as in Perth Wilson?

[joz*garage]

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@imastawka wrote:

Hey, joz, did ya miss this bit?

**bleep** joz your a Wilson girl , as in Perth Wilson?

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hehehehe, nah, the smiley was in reply to that

[imastawka]

            

[colic2bullsgirlore]

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@lakeland27 wrote:

reminds me of a schoolboy joke. what do you call a resident of prague who falls from a jetty ?

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lol.... you still got it LL.......... a Wet czech ....oslovokian

[ajarnjenny]

I grew up in Newcastle and we and everyone else I knew called it a case. A school case or a suitcase, but one of my friends who grew up in farming areas still calls it a port.