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Well THIS (bigoted ?) Aussie likes polished British accents but finds ALL Yank-speak nasal, grating and irritating. Sorry.
Australian speech is, of course, perfect. lol
Pumicestone I understand the Aussie accent is similar to that of cockneys because a large numbers of the latter were deported there .
Well, I've learned something. Thanks for that bit of info, Meg. That's why I like forums such as this. You learn something !!!!
And, if I may ask, why were they deported to Australia ??
...loosly described as 'criminals' some people were sentenced to penal transportation to the colonies including Australia . The crime could be as minor as 'stealing' bread when they were starving
Well THIS (bigoted ?) Aussie likes polished British accents but finds ALL Yank-speak nasal, grating and irritating. Sorry.
Australian speech is, of course, perfect. lol
The Southern dialect is not nasal and grating.. it's slow and smooth... and don't you EVER call them Yanks..