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...that can detect a slight difference between the Australian and British (RP) accents. After watch a dozen or two The Chaser videos on YouTube, it seems that there actually is a difference, but I can't really describe it. Or maybe I'm just hallucinating...

On a related note, that show is awesome...and I want to buy the DVDs. :)

They're entirely different..

They are very different, and I'm American and I've never been to Australia or the UK.

Stop playing off of stereotypes about Americans being uninformed to make you seem unique, plz kthx.

WTF? They're completely different. Hell, British accents are completely different to each other.

What Ruffy said, I dont believe most Americans ever had a problem distinguishing the two. :confused:

They are very different, and I'm American and I've never been to Australia or the UK.

Stop playing off of stereotypes about Americans being uninformed to make you seem unique, plz kthx.

Indeed.

How couldn't you tell the difference.And yes I'm American.

a Dill

Wow. How undated are you?

AUS and UK accents are entirely different.

I have never been to the UK, but have had voice chats with them, and I've been to AUS.

Okay. Wow. This is insane. I can't believe you were serious.

Wow! Next you'll be claiming you can spot a difference in accents between people from Alabama and people from the Bronx! Or maybe people from Scotland and people from Canada! You must be so talented!

...that can detect a slight difference between the Australian and British (RP) accents. After watch a dozen or two The Chaser videos on YouTube, it seems that there actually is a difference, but I can't really describe it. Or maybe I'm just hallucinating...

On a related note, that show is awesome...and I want to buy the DVDs. :)
It's a bit of a joke here that Americans doing Australian accents simply pull a slow cockney with 'g'day' in it.

They're completely different...

There must be some conspiracy because I have always thought that most people here couldn't tell the difference.

I am Canadian and I can tell the difference between the various UK accents, and an Australian. They are radically different.

I can probably tell the difference. But I'm not sure I can be bothered to care.

The UK is just Proto-Neo-Nazi-Land now, and Australia Mini-Redneck-Proto-Neo-Nazi-Land.

This is a joke. Right?

...that can detect a slight difference between the Australian and British (RP) accents.

Are you serious? There's more than a 'slight difference' between RP and the Australian accents -- I worked with two Aussies (one from Melbourne, one from Adelaide) and watch British programming including BBC news.

Next you'll be thanking John Howard of AUSTRIA at the OPEC meeting.

I can probably tell the difference. But I'm not sure I can be bothered to care.

The UK is just Proto-Neo-Nazi-Land now, and Australia Mini-Redneck-Proto-Neo-Nazi-Land.Bahahahahahahahaha

Oh c'mon. even if my only impression of the Australian accent was Steve Irwin (:(), I could totally tell.

Errr... not the only American, no. There are huge differences between the accents. Just as there are noticable differences between Australian and New Zealand... and Irish and Welsh... and so on. Just because they are not OUR accents doesn't mean we Americans can't recognize them.

This has to be one of the dumber threads I have seen in awhile.

The differences between Ozz and the UK are great. It is simple to tell the distinction. If one were to spend enough time in the UK there is a difference within the nation itself. There is the obvious Welsh and Scott accents but even within England itself there are regional differences.

Are you serious?

Next you'll be thanking John Howard of AUSTRIA at the OPEC meeting.

You mean John Howard the King of Austria! :D

Australian and British accents are about as different as American and British accents, which makes sense.

I actually have something to add to the discussion though, besides repeating what's already been said many times. Does anyone know why they are different? The first permanent English settlement in the US was in 1607, even later for Australia (1788, I think). I realize American English has been affected by many other languages and people, same with Australian, but how would that affect the accents? If anyone has an answer (or even a pretty good idea), please post it.

Australian and British accents are about as different as American and British accents, which makes sense.

I actually have something to add to the discussion though, besides repeating what's already been said many times. Does anyone know why they are different? The first permanent English settlement in the US was in 1607, even later for Australia (1788, I think). I realize American English has been affected by many other languages and people, same with Australian, but how would that affect the accents? If anyone has an answer (or even a pretty good idea), please post it.

The answer to your question would be where the people came from in the UK that set the tone for the accent of America and Australia. That would be my general guess.

You mean John Howard the King of Austria! :D

FINALLY! I thought no one would get the reference.

Just as there are noticable differences between Australian and New Zealand... and Irish and Welsh...

Now now, let's not get carried away...

FINALLY! I thought no one would get the reference.I think everyone's just become a bit numb to Bushisms by now.

I think everyone's just become a bit numb to Bushisms by now.

whoa, did shrub really say Howard is the king of austria?!

whoa, did shrub really say Howard is the king of austria?!
Nah, I don't think even he's that retarded.

Um.

Australian and British accents are about as different as American and British accents, which makes sense.

I actually have something to add to the discussion though, besides repeating what's already been said many times. Does anyone know why they are different? The first permanent English settlement in the US was in 1607, even later for Australia (1788, I think). I realize American English has been affected by many other languages and people, same with Australian, but how would that affect the accents? If anyone has an answer (or even a pretty good idea), please post it.
The same reason people of the Falklands usually sound like Orkadians (as in slightly odd, quite Cornish-y accents). Because that's what the people who live there now originally sounded a bit like.

There are people who don't know the difference between an Australian accent and a British accent?:confused:

There are people who don't know the difference between an Australian accent and a British accent?:confused:
Yeah. Usually they've lived their lives under pretty huge rocks, though.

Yeah. Usually they've lived their lives under pretty huge rocks, though.

oh, okay. I guess I haven't lived under said rock. I can pretty much tell the difference.

Sometimes I can tell the difference between British accents.....but not often, I guess I live under a rock of my own.

Australian and British accents are about as different as American and British accents, which makes sense.
That's absolute carp. Australian and British accents sound VERY similar. Scottish sounds more different from British than Australian does

I actually have something to add to the discussion though, besides repeating what's already been said many times. Does anyone know why they are different? The first permanent English settlement in the US was in 1607, even later for Australia (1788, I think). I realize American English has been affected by many other languages and people, same with Australian, but how would that affect the accents? If anyone has an answer (or even a pretty good idea), please post it.

The US had more people and was more isolated, after the Revolution especially. Australia could be refreshed by Brits easily.

There are people who know the difference between an Australian accent and a British accent?:confused:

Fixed :p

That's absolute carp. Australian and British accents sound VERY similar. Scottish sounds more different from British than Australian does


Obviously not, as you are the ONLY person who actually things they sound the same. They don't even sound remotely the same. Oz very very slightly similar to possibly cockney accents, but only slightly.

The UK is just Proto-Neo-Nazi-Land now, and Australia Mini-Redneck-Proto-Neo-Nazi-Land.

Wtf?

That's absolute carp. Australian and British accents sound VERY similar. Scottish sounds more different from British than Australian does



The US had more people and was more isolated, after the Revolution especially. Australia could be refreshed by Brits easily.



Fixed :p

i must enquire as to what this 'british' accent you keep referring to is.

i must enquire as to what this 'british' accent you keep referring to is.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation

i must enquire as to what this 'british' accent you keep referring to is.

That's what I keep wanting to ask, but can never actually be bothered.

There's no British accent.

Probably the widest category you can have is by city, or by region.

Even then, within cities there are great variations. I remember reading once that back in "the old days" in some areas of Belfast you could tell what street people were from through paying attention to their accent.

The variations throughout the UK are massive. My accent is as different from someone in Glasgow as the difference between someone in New York and in Melbourne.

Someone in Glasgow's accent is as different from someone from south London as someone in Alabama's is from someone in Johannesburg.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation

yeh, doesn't actually exist in britain except among those who went to finishing school.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation

Except, of course, that more or less nobody actually speaks like that.

The same reason people of the Falklands usually sound like Orkadians (as in slightly odd, quite Cornish-y accents). Because that's what the people who live there now originally sounded a bit like.

So the US was settled by Britons who already sounded kind of American, and it just went on from there? That makes sense.

Except, of course, that more or less nobody actually speaks like that.

I wouldn't go that far, it's not as if the upper class doesn't exist in England any more.

In any case, of all the accents could sound less like the Australian accent, RP is by far the accent least like australian.

So the US was settled by Britons who already sounded kind of American, and it just went on from there? That makes sense.

You do realise that it wasn't just Britons that settled in the USA right?

I wouldn't go that far, it's not as if the upper class doesn't exist in England any more.

Well, like I said, more or less nobody...

Well, like I said, more or less nobody...

Depends where you live. For instance, where I live, I doubt I will ever come into contact with someone who speaks like that. But if I go to my grandmas village, every single person either speaks like a farmer or with an RP accent.

It's a bit of a joke here that Americans doing Australian accents simply pull a slow cockney with 'g'day' in it.

Eeet's a beet of a joke hee that Americans doing Istraaah'an accents seemply pull a slow cockney with 'gidaiy' een eet.

Depends where you live. For instance, where I live, I doubt I will ever come into contact with someone who speaks like that. But if I go to my grandmas village, every single person either speaks like a farmer or with an RP accent.

Well, just as well, then, that "more or less nobody" leaves room for some.

Well, just as well, then, that "more or less nobody" leaves room for some.

I would have thought less then "some". More or less nobody indicates that the amount is so tiny it can be deemed irellavent. I disagree with this.

I would have thought less then "some". More or less nobody indicates that the amount is so tiny it can be deemed irellavent. I disagree with this.

Good for you.

You do realise that it wasn't just Britons that settled in the USA right?

Yes. However, if a majority of the people who settled here were British (or under English rule, at least), we would not speak English. And by the time there were many non-English immigrants, most of the people of the US were Anglo-Saxon.

The biggest exception are the Africans, who outnumbered the English in many places in the South. However, as slaves they had less of an impact than the people who came from England.

EDIT: I formerly had "not British" in the first line. It changes the meaning completely; sorry for any confusion.

There is a compilation of different accents here (http://accent.gmu.edu/browse_language.php?function=find&language=english).

EDIT: I will add another link, for a quiz to determine what accent the quiz taker has. Let me make this clear: it is a quiz on the World Wide Web. (If this does not mean anything to you, then I ask you to help a poor, Nigerian prince who needs help getting his vast fortune out of the country). But it seems pretty good, and is innocent enough. It is here (http://freeshells.ch/~xavier/accentmap/index.html).

So the US was settled by Britons who already sounded kind of American, and it just went on from there? That makes sense.

No :headbang:

Except, of course, that more or less nobody actually speaks like that.

Fine Cockney.

Yes. However, if a majority of the people who settled here were not British (or under English rule, at least), we would not speak English. And by the time there were many non-English immigrants, most of the people of the US were Anglo-Saxon.

The biggest exception are the Africans, who outnumbered the English in many places in the South. However, as slaves they had less of an impact than the people who came from England.

Not if the English ran the government non-democratically...

There is a compilation of different accents here (http://accent.gmu.edu/browse_language.php?function=find&language=english).
My accent should be somewhere between 129 and 194, yet I think I sound like neither :confused:

Fine Cockney.

What about it?

What about it?
It's annoying and nobody speaks like that.

I hope.

Stop the presses! Someone get the new york times on the phone, this is the story of the CENTURY.

Why next, that brilliant oracle, that Einstein of the modern age will reveal the answer to the question of the ages - what color *is* the sky?

Stop the presses! Someone get the new york times on the phone, this is the story of the CENTURY.

Why next, that brilliant oracle, that Einstein of the modern age will reveal the answer to the question of the ages - what color *is* the sky?

Well, that was certainly a worthwhile contribution.

Well, that was certainly a worthwhile contribution.
As was that.

And this.

...

Damnit.

As was that.

And this.

...

Damnit.

Yeah, but at least we weren't going on about how pointless this thread is...

Well, that was certainly a worthwhile contribution.

You're right, trying to make people feel ashamed, through mockery of bad and stupid behavior is always a worthwhile contribution.

If the OP never posted a thread like this again on its account, then it would be a contribution of immeasurable value, and certainly, at any rate, worth the try.

I hereby request this thread be locked before I lose more respect.

I hereby request this thread be locked before I lose more respect.
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Not possible.

...that can detect a slight difference between the Australian and British (RP) accents. After watch a dozen or two The Chaser videos on YouTube, it seems that there actually is a difference, but I can't really describe it. Or maybe I'm just hallucinating...

On a related note, that show is awesome...and I want to buy the DVDs. :)

That's offensive, we sound nothing like the bloody poms.

Locked, but not because of a loss of respect for the OP.

This thread is just pointless and in danger of provoking a flamefest, given the baiting.

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