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ZL4OE > PACKET 24.08.05 21:05l 31 Lines 1187 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Re: What do we want to see on pkt?
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From: ZL4OE@ZL4AA.#90.NZL.OC
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G4EBT wrote:-
> I find it intriguing that (at least to an outsider) despite the vastness
> of Australia, there is little regional variation in accent from one part
> to another. In contrast, in the UK people only ten miles apart often speak
>
> with a different accent, and some regional accents and colloquialisms are
> so different that they're almost unintelligible to an outsider.
>
> In contrast, I'd wager that to a an outsider, there'll be little
> discernable difference between the accent of someone from Perth
> (the most remote city in the world) and, say, someone from Sidney.
Bro!!! have you got that wrong!!! Sydney accent is rather outstanding;
there is a difference in accents between Australian states. Some
Tasmanians and Victorians can be quite similar to Kiwi accent; Perth
(W.A.) and Gold Coast (Qld) have strong Kiwi populations. The only
difference you will find in such cases will be the colloqialisms and their
meanings in Strine vs Kiwi where sometimes the same word can acceptable in
one land and offensive in the other.
73 - Clive, ZL4OE @ ZL4AA.#90.NZL.OC
Message timed: 02:21 UTC on 2005-Aug-24
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